Mwxum  of  Natural 


FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY. 

PUBLICATION   135. 
ORNITHOLOGICAL  SERIES.  VOL.  I,   No.  4. 


CATALOGUE  OF  A  COLLECTION 

OF  BIRDS  FROM  BRITISH 

EAST  AFRICA 


BY 

NED  DEARBORN, 
Assistant  Curator  of  Ornithology. 


CHARLES  B.   CORY,  Curator  Department  of  Zoology. 


CHICAGO,   U.  S.  A. 

May,   1909. 


CATALOGUE  OF  A  COLLECTION   OF   BIRDS   FROM 
BRITISH    EAST   AFRICA. 


BY    NED    DEARBORN. 


The  collection  of  birds  here  treated  was  brought  home  by  the 
Museum's  last  expedition  to  East  Africa,  1905-7,  made  under  the 
direction  of  Mr.  C.  E.  Akeley.  Most  of  these  specimens  were  col- 
lected and  prepared  by  Mrs.  Akeley.  Colors  have  been  designated 
according  to  Ridgway's  "Nomenclature  of  Colors."  Specimens 
without  sex  marks  on  labels  have  been  indicated  by  a  ?.  Occa- 
sional notes  concerning  habits  were  made  by  the  collector,  and  are 
included  in  quotation  marks.  One  new  species  is  described.  The 
type  locality,  if  known,  follows  the  original  citation  of  each  name. 
The  map  indicates  the  location  of  the  different  camps  at  which  speci- 
mens were  obtained.  The  sequence  of  families  is  that  adopted  by 
Dr.  Sharpe  in  his  Handbook. 

Thanks  are  hereby  gladly  rendered  to  the  authorities  of  the 
Philadelphia  Academy  and  the  Smithsonian  Institution  for  the  loan 
of  specimens,  and  to  officials  at  the  John  Crerar  Library  of  Chicago 
for  the  use  of  books. 

Besides  the  Catalogue  of  Birds  in  the  British  Museum,  Shelley's 
Birds  of  Africa  and  Reichenow's  Vogel  Afrikas,  the  papers  in  the  sub- 
joined list  have  been  of  assistance  in  the  determination  of  species. 

ERLANGER.  Beitrage  zur  Vogelfauna  Nordostafrikas,  Journal  fur 
Ornithologie,  1904,  pp.  137-244;  1905,  pp.  42-158,  433-499, 
670-756;  1907,  pp.  1-58. 

GRANT.  On  Birds  from  Somaliland  and  Southern  Abyssinia,  Ibis, 
1900,  pp.  115-178,  304-337. 

On  the  Birds  collected  by  Mr.  J.  J.  Harrison  between  Zeila 
and  Lakes  Rudolf  and  Barengo,  Eastern  Africa,  Ibis,  1901,  pp. 
278-299. 

On  a  Collection  of  Birds  made  on  the  White  Nile  between 
Khartoum  and  Fashoda,  Ibis,  1902,  pp.  393-470. 

On  the  Birds  collected  by  the  late  W.  A.  Doggett  on  the 
Anglo-German  Frontier  of  Uganda,  Ibis,  1905,  pp.  199-212. 

141 


142     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  —  ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  I. 

GRANT  AND  REED.     Birds  from  Somaliland  and  Southern  Abyssinia, 

Ibis,  1901,  pp.  607-699. 

HARTERT.  Another  small  Contribution  to  African  Ornithology, 
Novitates  Zoologicae,  VII,  pp.  25-53. 

On  the  Birds  collected  by  Wm.  Doherty  in  the  Kikuyu 
Mountains,  near  Escarpment  Station,  in  British  East  Africa, 
Novitates  Zoologicae,  IX,  pp.  620—625. 

Ansorge's  "Under  the  African  Sun,"  Appendix. 

HINDE.  On  Birds  observed  near  Machakos  Station,  in  British  East 
Africa,  Ibis,  1898,  pp.  576-587. 

On  Further  Collections  of  British  East  African  Birds,  Ibis, 
1900,  pp.  492-501. 

JACKSON.  List  of  Birds  obtained  in  British  East  Africa,  Ibis,  1899, 
pp.  587-640;  1901,  pp. 33-97;  1902,  pp. 611-643. 

On  a  Collection  of  Birds  made  by  Mr.  Geoffrey  Archer 
during  a  journey  to  the  Ruwenzori  Range,  Ibis,  1906,  pp. 
505-570. 

NEUMANN.  Beitrage  zur  vogelfauna  von  Ost-und  Central  Afrika, 
Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1898,  pp.  227-305;  1899,  pp.  33-74; 
1900,  185-228,  253-313. 

Beitrage  zu  einer  Revision  der  Laniarinen,  Journal  fur  Or- 
nithologie, 1899,  pp.  387-417. 

Vogel  vom  Schoa  und  Sud-Aethiopien,  Journal  fur  Ornith- 
ologie, 1904,  pp. 321-410;  1905,  pp.  184-243, 335-360;  1906,  pp. 
229—300. 

Revisionen  afrikanischer  Vogelgruppen,  Journal  fur  Orni- 
thologie, 1907,  pp.  343-379- 

OBERHOLSER.  Birds  collected  by  Dr.  W.  L.  Abbott  in  the  Kiliman- 
jaro Region,  East  Africa,  Proceedings  of  the  U.  S.  National 
Museum,  XXVIII  (1905),  pp.  823-936. 

Notes  on  Birds  from  German  and  British  East  Africa,  Pro- 
ceedings of  the  U.  S.  National  Museum,  XXX  (1906),  pp.  80 1- 
8zi. 

REICHENOW.  Uebersicht  der  von  Dr.  Emin  Pascha  auf  seiner  Reise 
von  Bagamojo  bis  Tabora  gesammelten  Vogel,  Journal  fur  Orni- 
thologie, 1891,  pp.  139-164. 

Zur  Vogelfauna  des  Victoria  Njansa  Sammlungen  Dr.  Emin's 
und  Dr.  Stuhlmann's,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1892,  pp.  1-60. 

Die  von  Herrn.  Dr.  Fr.  Stuhlmann  in  Ostafrika  gesammelten 
Vogel,  Jahrbuch  der  Hamburgischen  Wissenschaftlichen  An- 
stalten  X  (1893),  pp.  1-27. 


MAY,  1909.     BIRDS  FROM  BRITISH  EAST  AFRICA  —  DEARBORN.      143 

SHARPE.  On  the  Birds  collected  by  Mr.  F.  J.  Jackson  during  his 
recent  expedition  to  Uganda  through  the  territory  of  the  British 
Imperial  East  African  Company,  Ibis,  1891,  pp.  233-260,  587- 
602;  1892,  pp.  152-164,  299-322,  534-555- 

On  Birds  collected  during  the  Makinder  Expedition  to  Mt. 
Kenya,  Proceedings  of  the  Zoological  Society  of  London,  1900, 
pp.  596-609. 

On  the  Collection  of  Birds  made  by  Dr.  A.  Donaldson  Smith 
on  his  last  Expedition  to  Lake  Rudolph  and  the  Nile,  Proceed- 
ings of  the  Zoological  Society  of  London,  1901,  pp.  602-622. 

On  the  Collection  of  Birds  made  by  Sir  Harry  Johnson,  K.  C. 
B.,  in  Equatorial  Africa,  Ibis,  1902,  pp.  96-121. 
SHELLEY.     On  a  Collection  of  Birds  made  by  Mr.  H.  H.  Johnston  in 
the  Kilimanjaro  District,  Proceedings  of  the  Zoological  Society 
of  London,  1885,  pp.  222-230. 

List  of  Birds  collected  in  eastern  Africa  by  Mr.  Frederick 
J.  Jackson,  F.  Z.  S.,  within  300  miles  of  Zanzibar,  to  the  north, 
and  Kilimanjaro,  Ibis,  1888,  pp.  287-307. 

On  a  Collection  of  Birds  made  by  Emin  Pasha  in  Equatorial 
Africa,  Proceedings  of  the  Zoological  Society  of  London,  1888, 
pp.  17-50. 

On  the  Birds  collected  by  Mr.  H.  C.  V.  Hunter,  F.Z.S.,  in 
Eastern  Africa,  Proceedings  of  the  Zoological  Society  of  London, 
1889,  pp.  356-372- 

On  a  Collection  of  Birds  from  Witu,  East  Africa,  Ibis,  1898, 

PP-  i33-!42- 

STONE.  On  a  Collection  of  Birds  from  British  East  Africa  obtained 
by  Mr.  George  L.  Harrison,  Jr.,  Proceedings  of  the  Academy  of 
Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia,  1905,  pp.  755-787. 


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Family  Strutliioiiidse. 

1.    Struthio  massaicus  Neumann. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,   1898,  pp.   243-246.     Ukamba,   British 
East  Africa. 

cT,  Dec.,  Lucania. 


Family  Phasiaiiidae. 

2.  Francolinus  uluensis  Grant. 

Ibis,  1892,  p.  44.  Machako's  Station,  Ulu  Country,  British  East 
Africa. 

d\  d\  9  ,  Nov.,  9  ,  Oct.,  Nairobi. 

9  ,  Dec.,  Lucania. 

The  sexes  are  practically  alike  in  color.  Females  average  slightly 
smaller  than  males,  have  the  throat  clearer  white  and  are  without 
spurs.  One  of  these  males,  the  younger  judging  by  its  shorter 
spurs,  is  paler,  more  cinnamomeus,  than  the  other,  its  throat  being 
decidedly  cinnamon,  and  the  black  marks  of  its  breast  feathers  much 
smaller. 

3.  Francolinus  hildebrandti  Cabanis. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1878,  pp.  206-243.  Teita,  British 
East  Africa. 

cT,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 

cT,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

The  latter  specimen  has  its  right  upper  spur  malformed,  two 
cusps  appearing  in  place  of  one  with  their  bases  coalesced. 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  fiir  Ornithologie,  1898,  pp.  303,  304, —  color 
variations,  F.  altumi  and  F.  fischeri  =  F.  hildebrandti;  GRANT,  Ibis, 
1892,  p.  49, —  altumi  =  hildebrandti. 

4.  Francolinus  scheutti  Cabanis. 

Journal  fiir  Ornithologie,  1880,  p.  351.     Lunda,  Angola. 

6\  March,  Molo. 

See  OBERHOLSER,  Proceedings  National  Museum,  Washington, 
1905,  p.  834, —  juvenile  plumage;  NEUMANN,  Journal  fiir  Orni- 
thologie, 1904,  p.  351, —  uniformity  in  equatorial  Africa. 


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5.  Pternistes  leucoscepus  infuscatus   (Cab.). 

Pternistes    infuscatus    Cabanis,    Journal    fur    Ornithologie,    1868, 

P-  4i3- 

cT,  Dec.,  Lucania. 

9  ,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  fiir  Ornithologie,  1898,  p.  302, —  geo- 
graphical variations;  id.  ibid.,  1904,  p.  350, —  further  notes  on 
variation;  ERLANGER,  ibid.,  1905,  pp.  140-144, —  distribution  and 
characters  of  subspecies. 

6.  Coturnix  delegorguei  Delegorgue. 

Voyage  dans  Africa  Australe,  II.  (1847),  p.  615. 
cf,  July,  Naivasha. 


Family  Numididse. 

7.  Numida  reichenowi  Grant. 

Ibis,  1894,  pp.  535-538,  Makarungu,  Ukambani  District,  East 
Africa. 

3  specimens,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

The  oldest  of  these  specimens  has  the  apex  of  its  helmet  51  mm. 
from  the  frontal  end  of  its  base.  The  helmets  of  the  other  two  are 
much  less  in  size.  "Sportsmen  are  in  the  habit  of  saving  unusually 
high  helmets  as  trophies." 

8.  Quttera  pucherani    (Hartl.). 

Numida  pucherani  Hartlaub,  Journal  fiir  Ornithologie,  1860, 
p.  341,  Zanzibar. 

?  ,  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 

"This  species  inhabits  dense  jungles  and  is  consequently  very 
difficult  to  procure.  It  was  only  by  inducing  the  natives  to  set  nu- 
merous snares  that  this  specimen  was  obtained." 


Family  Pteroclidse. 

9.    Pterocles  gutturalis  saturatior  Hartert. 

Novitates  Zoologicae,  VII.  (1900),  p.  29,  Athi  Plain,  British  East 
Africa. 


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6\  cT,  9  ,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

It  will  be  observed  that  these  specimens  are  practically  topo- 
types.  The  males  of  this  form  are  described  as  having  "the  rust 
colored  extremities  to  the  greater  series  of  wing-coverts  of  a  much 
deeper  rufous  color,"  and  "the  back  and  rump  darker  brown  than 
in  those  from  southern  Africa." 


Family  Treroiiidse. 

10.    Vinago  calva  nudirostris   (Swains.). 

Vinago  nudirostris  Swainson,  Birds  of  West  Africa,  II.  (1837), 
p.  205.  Senegal. 

cf ,  d\  May,  Nairobi. 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  fitr  Ornithologie,  1898,  pp.  294,  295, — 
subspecific  relations;  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1902,  pp.  98,  99, —  geographical 
forms  of  V.  calva;  NEUMANN,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1904,  pp.  342- 
344, —  characters  and  distribution  of  subspecies. 


Family   Columbidse. 

11.  Columba  guinea  Linnceus. 

Systema  Naturae,  loth  edition  (1758),  p.  163.     Africa. 

cT,  Feb.,  Gilgil. 

cT  im.,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

The  immature  specimen  is  fully  grown,  but  lacks  the  collar  of 
bifurcated  cinnamon-colored  feathers  possessed  by  adults,  this  area 
being  blue  like  the  breast  with  a  trace  of  cinnamon  visible. 

12.  Columba  arquatrix  arquatricula   (Bp.). 

Columba  arquatricula  Bonaparte,  Conspectus  Generum  Avium, 
II.  (1854),  p.  50.  Abyssinia. 

9  ,  Dec.,  Lucania. 

See  OBERHOLSER,  Proceedings  National  Museum,  Washington, 
1905,  pp.  841,  842, —  subspecific  characters. 

13.  Turtur  lugens   (Riipp.). 

Columba  lugens  Rtippell,   Neue  Wirbelthiere  zu  der  Fauna  von 
Abyssinien,  Vogel,  1835,  p.  64.     Abyssinia. 
(5\  9  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 


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14.  Turtur  semitorquatus  intermedius  Erlanger. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1905,  p.  124.     Roba-Schalo,  lake  regions 
of  southern  Shoa. 
cT,  Oct.,  Nairobi. 

15.  Turtur  capicola  tropica  Reichenow. 

Ornithologische  Monatsberichte,  1902,  p.  139.     East  Africa. 

d\  9   im.,  9   im.,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

9  ,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

The  immature  specimens  retain  numerous  pale  edged  feathers  of 
their  juvenile  dress.  Otherwise  they  can  scarcely  be  distinguished 
from  adults. 

16.  Stigmatopelia  senegalensis  aequatorialis  (£>/.). 

Turtur  senegalensis  aquatorialis  Erlanger,  Journal  fur  Ornitholo- 
gie, 1905,  pp.  117-119.  Mountain  route  from  Harar  to  Adis-Abeda, 
central  Abyssinia. 

i  specimen  without  data. 

17.  CEna  capensis   (Linn.}. 

Columba  capensis  Linnaeus,  Systema  Naturae,  I.  (1766),  p.  286. 
South  Africa. 

9  ,  Feb.,  Gilgil. 

This  specimen  has  been  compared  with  a  female  topotype  of 
Mr.  Oberholser's  0.  c.  anonyma  from  Kilimanjaro.  It  is  grayer  on 
the  inter-scapulum  and  also  on  the  chest  than  the  topotype,  and  thus 
tends  to  confirm  the  validity  of  anonyma;*  but,  on  the  other  hand, 
the  differences  between  anonyma  and  specimens  of  true  capensis 
from  South  Africa,  appear  to  the  writer  to  be  of  a  seasonal  nature, 
and  not  geographical  variation. 

See  ERLANGER,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1905,  pp.  135,  136, — 
geographical  uniformity. 


Family  Kallid.se. 

18.    Sarothrura  rufa   (Vieill!). 

Rallus  rufus  Vieillot,  Nouveau  Dictionnaire  d'Histoire   Naturelle, 
XXVIII.  (1819),  p.  564. 

9  ,  March,  Molo. 

*  Proceedings   National  Museum,   Washington,    iqo5,   vol.    XXVIII,   pp.   843-844. 


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19.  Limnocorax  niger  (Gm.). 

Rallus  niger  Gmelin,  Systema  Naturae,  1788,  p.  717.  Cape  Good 
Hope. 

9  ,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 
d\  d\  cT  im.,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 

See  ERLANGER,  Journal  fiir  Ornithologie,  1905,  p.  87, —  seasonal 
variation. 

Family  Colymbidae. 

20.  Colymbus  capensis  (Salvad.). 

Podiceps  capensis  Salvadori,  Annali  Museo  Civico  de  Storia  Nat- 
ural di  Geneva,  2d.  Series,  I.  (1884),  p.  252.  Shoa. 

9  ,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

This  specimen  is  not  in  breeding  dress,  the  chestnut  and  black 
areas  of  the  head  and  neck  being  largely  obscured  by  gray. 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1898,  pp.  246,  247,— 
variation  in  amount  of  white  on  secondaries. 


Family  Laridse. 

21.    Qelochelidon  nilotica   (Hasselq.). 

Sterna  nilotica  Hasselquist,   Reise  nach  Palastina,   1762,  p.  325. 
Egypt. 

9  ,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 


Family  Recurvirostridse. 

22.    Himantopus  himantopus   (Linn.}. 

Charadrius     himantopus     Linnaeus,    Systema    Naturae,    loth    ed. 
(1758),  p.  151.     Southern  Europe. 

d\  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 


Family  Scolopacidse. 

23.    Gallinago  media   (Lath.}. 

Scolopax  media  Latham,  General  Synopsis  of  Birds,  Supplement  I. 
(1787),  p.  292.      Kent,  England. 

9  ,  Oct.,  Nairobi. 


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24.  Rhyacophilus  glareolus   (Linn.). 

Tringa   glareola   Linnaeus,     Systema     Naturae,    loth     ed.    (1758), 
p.  149.     Sweden. 

9  ,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 
9  ,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 

25.  Glottis  nebularius  (Gunn.). 

Scolopax  nebularius  Gunnerus,    in   Leem's   De   Lapponibus   Fin- 
marchiae,  1767,  p.  251.     Norway. 
9  ,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 
cT,  Oct.,  Nairobi. 

26.  Tringoides  hypoleucus  (Linn.}. 

Tringa  hypoleucus  Linnaeus,    Systema  Naturae,   loth    ed.   (1758), 
p.  149.     Sweden. 

9  ,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 


Family  Charadriidse. 

27.  Hoplopterus  speciosus  (Wagl.). 

Charadrius  speciosus  Wagler,  Isis,  1829,  p.  649.  Kaffirland, 
South  Africa. 

9,9,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 

28.  Stephanibyx  melanopterus   (Cretz.). 

Charadrius    melanopterus    Cretzschmar,    Riippell,    Atlas    zu    der 
Reise  im  nordlichen  Afrika,  1826,  p.  46. 
9  ,  Oct.,  Nairobi. 

29.  Stephanibyx  coronatus   (Bodd.). 

Charadrius  coronatus  Boddaert,  Table  des  Planches  enlumine'es 
d'histoire  naturelle  de  M.  D'Aubenton,  1783,  p.  49.  Cape  Good 
Hope. 

d\  Nov.,  Nairobi. 

cT,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 


Family  Cursoriidse. 

30.    Cursorius  temmincki  Swainson. 

Zoological  Illustrations,  II.    (1822),  pi.  106. 
i  Molo  specimen  without  date  or  sex. 
9  juv.,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 


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The  juvenile  specimen  is  about  half  grown.  Its  crown  and  back 
are  speckled,  buff  on  dusky  ground,  and  the  fore  breast  is  also  spec- 
kled, dusky  on  cinnamon  ground.  Its  white  flanks,  black  spot  on 
abdomen  and  broad  post-ocular  lines  of  white  meeting  on  the  occi- 
put are  adolescent  characters.  The  proximal  portion  of  its  tarso- 
metatarsus  has  more  than  twice  the  lateral  width  of  the  same  part 
of  the  adult  and  is  deeply  grooved  anteriorly. 


Family  Otididse. 

31.  Eupodotis  kori   (Burch.). 

Otis  kori  Burchell,  Travels  in  South  Africa,  I.  (1822),  p.  393,  402. 
Griqualand,  South  Africa. 

?,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

"Tolerably  common  on  Athi  Plains,  but  very  difficult  to  procure." 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  fiir  Ornithologie,  1904,  pp.  332,  333, — 
variation. 

32.  Lissotis  melanogaster   (Rupp.}. 

Otis  melanogaster  Ruppell,  Neue  Wirbelth'iere  zur  der  Fauna 
Abyssinien,  Vogel  (1835),  p.  16.  Zana  Lake,  Abyssinia. 

9  ,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

See  OBERHOLSER,  Proceedings  National  Museum,  Washington, 
1905,  p.  836, —  lovati=  melanogaster;  ERLANGER,  Journal  fiir  Or- 
nithologie, 1905,  pp.  83,  84, —  variation. 


Family  Gruidse. 

33.    Balearica  regulorum  gibbericeps   (Reichen.). 

Balearica  gibbericeps  Reichenow,  Journal  fiir  Ornithologie,   1892, 
p.  126.     East  Africa. 

d\  Oct.,  Nairobi. 


Family  Ibididse. 

34.    Ibis  aethiopica  Latham. 

Index  ornithologicus,  II.  (1790),  p.  706.     Ethiopia. 
?,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 


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35.    Hagedashia  hagedash   (Lath.). 

Tantalus    hagedash    Latham,    Index    ornithologicus,    II.   (1790), 
p.  709.     Cape  Good  Hope. 

i  specimen  without  data. 

See  ERLANGER,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1905,  p.  99, —  variation. 


Family  Plataleid.se. 

36.    Platalea  alba  Scopoli. 

Deliciae  Florae  et  Faunas  Insubricae,  II.  (1786),  p.  92. 
cf,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 


Family  Cicoiiiicla?. 

37.  Ciconia  ciconia   (Linn.). 

Ardea  ciconia  Linnaeus,  Sy sterna  Naturae,  loth  ed.  (1758),  p.  142. 
Sweden. 

i  specimen  without  data. 

38.  Anastomus  lamelligerus   Temminck. 
Planches  coloriees  d'Oiseaux,  1823,  p.  236. 
cT,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

39.  Leptoptilos  crumeniferus  (Less.). 

Ciconia  crumeniferus  Lesson,  Traite  d'ornithologie,  1831,  p.  585. 
Senegal. 

9   im.,  March,  Gilgil. 

The  evidence  of  immaturity  in  this  specimen  comes  from  its  lack 
of  white  edgings  to  secondaries  and  greater  coverts  and  from  the 
presence  of  woolly  down  on  its  occiput.  It  is  fully  grown. 


Family  Scopidse. 

40.    Scopus  umbretta  Gmelin. 

Systema  Naturae,  1788,  p.  618. 
d\  9  ,  Oct.,  Nairobi. 


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Family  Arcleidae. 

41.  Ardea  melanocephala   Vigors  and  Children. 

Narrative  of  Travels,  Africa,  II.  (1826),  p.  201.     Lake  Tchad. 

cT,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 

cf,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

42.  Nycticorax  nycticorax  (Linn.). 

Ardea   nycticorax   Linnaeus,    Systema    Naturae,    loth    ed.    (1758), 
pp.  142,  143.     Southern  Europe. 
9,9,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

43.  Butorides  atricapilla   (Afzelius). 

Ardea  atricapilla  Afzelius,  Kongliga  Svenska  Vetenskaps  Aka- 
demiens  Handlingar,  Stockholm,  XXV.  (1804),  pp.  264-268.  Sierra 
Leone,  West  Africa. 

9  ,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

44.  Ardeola  ralloides  (Scop.). 

Ardea  ralloides  Scopoli,  Annus  Historico-Naturalis,  I.  (1769), 
p.  88. 

$  ,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

45.  Mesophoyx  brachyrhyncha   (Brehm). 

Herodias  brachyrhynchos  Brehm,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,   1858. 
p.  471.     Southern  Egypt. 
C?,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 
tf ,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 
i   specimen  without  data. 

46.  Bubulcus  ibis   (Linn.). 

Ardea  ibis  Linnaeus,  Systema  Naturae,  loth  ed.  (1758),  p.  144- 
Egypt. 

9,9,  March,  Molo. 

9  ,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 

cT,  cT,  Nov.,  (?,  Dec.,  Athi  River. 

"This  heron  consorts  with  horses,  cattle  and  buffaloes.  Its 
movements  were  used  as  an  index  to  the  whereabouts  of  buffaloes 
in  the  marshes." 

47.  Ardeirallus  sturmi   (Wagl.). 

Ardea  sturmi  Wagler,  Systema  Avium,  1827,  p.  191. 
d\  Nov.,  Athi  River. 


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Family  PlKBiiicopteridse. 

48.  Phoenicopterus  roseus  Pallas. 

Zoographia  Rosso- Asiatica,  II.  (1811),  p.  207.     Caspian. 

9  ,  9   im.,  and  15  specimens  unsexed.  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

49.  Phoeniconaias  minor  (Geoff.}. 

Phcenicopterus  minor  Geoffrey,  Bulletin  des  Sciences  de  la  Socie"te" 
Philomathique  de  Paris,  I.  (1798),  pp.  97,  98. 

21  specimens,  unsexed.     Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

This  species  and  the  preceding  were  associated  together  in  large 
numbers  at  Lake  Elmenteita. 


Family  Aiiatidse. 

50.  Plectropterus  gambensis  (Linn.}. 

Anas  gambensis  Linnaeus,  Systema  Naturae,  i2th  ed.  (1766), 
p.  195.  Gambia,  West  Africa. 

?,  ?,  d\  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

None  of  this  series  is  in  fully  adult  plumage,  though  the  specimen 
marked  cT  closely  approximates  it.  The  youngest  of  the  series  has 
the  sides  of  the  face,  the  throat,  fore-neck,  breast,  sides,  and  abdo- 
men buff  or  tawny,  the  abdominal  feathers  being  obscurely  barred 
with  dusky. 

51.  Chenalopex  segyptiacus   (Linn.). 

Anas  cegyptiacus  Linnaeus,  Systema  Naturae,  i2th  ed.  (1766), 
p.  197.  Egypt. 

9,9,9,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 

52.  Nettion  capense  (Gm.). 

Anas  capense  Gmelin,  Systema  Naturae,  1788,  p.  527.  Cape  Good 
Hope. 

i  specimen,  from  Lake  Elmenteita. 

Family  Phalacrocoracidse. 

53.  Phalacrocorax  africanus  (Gm.). 

Pelecanus  africanus  Gmelin,  Systema  Naturae,  1788,  p.  577. 
9,9,  Oct.,  Nairobi. 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  filr  Ornithologie,  1898,  pp.  251,  252, — 
variation  in  color  of  under  parts. 


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Family  Serpeiitariidse. 

54.    Serpentarius  serpentarius  (Miller}. 

Falco  serpentarius  Miller,  Various  Subjects  of  Natural  History, 
1785,  pi.  18. 

?,  Oct.,  Nairobi. 


Family  Falcoiiidse. 

55.  Circus  macrourus  (5.  G.  Cm.}. 

Accipiter  macrourus  S.  G.  Gmelin,  Novi-Commentarii  Academiae 
Scientiarum  Imperialis  Petropolitanae  (St.  Petersburg),  XV.  (1771), 

P-  439- 

9,9,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 
d\  Oct.,  Nairobi. 
d1,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

56.  Melierax  gabar  (Daud.). 

Falco  gabar  Daudin,  Traite  elementaire  et  complet  d'Ornithologie, 
1800,  p.  87.     River  Swart  Kop,  South  Africa. 
d\  Apr.,  Voi. 

57.  Astur  tachiro  (Daud.). 

Falco  tachiro  Daudin,  Traits'  e"le"mentaire  et  complet  d'Ornithol- 
ogie, 1800,  p.  90. 

9  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

This  specimen  is  probably  not  fully  adult.  Its  identification 
rests  on  the  description  given  by  Reichenow  (Vogel  Afrikas,  I.,  p.  552) . 
Its  bill  and  foot  agree  with  Neumann's  drawings  of  these  parts  of 
tachiro  in  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1889,  p.  41,  and  not  with  his  draw- 
ings of  sparsimfasciatus. 

58.  Accipiter  rufiventris  Smith. 

The  South  African  Quarterly  Journal,  1830,  p.  231.  South 
Africa. 

9  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

59.  Buteo  augur  Ruppell. 

Neue  Wirbelthiere  zu  der  Fauna  von  Abyssinien,  Vogel,  1835, 
p.  38.  Abyssinia. 


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2  specimens  without  sex  or  locality.  Both  have  the  under  parts 
white,  and  the  tail  chestnut. 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  fiir  Ornithologie,  1899,  p.  50, —  variation; 
id.  ibid.,  1904,  pp.  362—364, —  variation. 

60.  Aquila  rapax   (Temm.}. 

Falco  rapax  Temminck,  Planches  colorizes  d'Oisseaux,  1828,  pi. 

455- 

9  ,  Oct.,  Nairobi. 

i  specimen  without  data. 

61.  Lophoaetus  occipitalis   (Daud.}. 

Falco   occipitalis  Daudin,  Traite  e"le"mentaire  et  complet  d 'Orni- 
thologie, 1800,  p.  40.     South  Africa. 
9  ,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 
d\  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 

62.  Haliaetus  vocifer   (Daud.). 

Aquila  vocifer  Daudin,  Traite"  e'le'mentaire  et  complet  d' Ornithol- 
ogie, 1800,  p.  65. 

cT,  July,  Naivasha. 

63.  Milvus  aegyptius   (Gm.). 

Falco  agyptius  Gmelin,  Systema  Naturae,  I.  (1788),  p.  261.     Egypt. 
6\  Jan.,  Kijabe. 
9  ,  Oct.,  Nairobi. 

64.  Elanus  casruleus   (Desf.). 

Falco  cceruleus  Desfontaines,  Me'moires  Academic  Sciences,  Paris, 
I787,  P-  503.     Barbary  Coast. 
9  ,  9  im.,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 
9  ,  Feb.,  Gilgil. 
The  immature  specimen  shows  adult  plumage  on  the  forehead 

only,  so  far  as  the  upper  parts  of  the  body  are  concerned. 

i 

65.  Cerchneis  tinnunculus   (Linn.}. 

Falco  tinnunculus  Linnaeus,  Systema  Naturae,  loth  ed.  (1758), 
p.  90.  Europe. 

9  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

This  specimen  is  darker  than  the  average  of  C.  tinnunculus  and 
smaller,  and  fits  the  description  of  C.  neglecta  (Schleg.)  as  it  is  given 


156     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  —  ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  I. 

in  Reichenow's  Vogel  Afrikas,  I.,  p.  643.  But  in  a  series  of  C.  spar- 
verius  there  are  always  occasional  specimens  that  differ  from  the 
majority  in  exactly  the  same  points  shown  by  this  skin.  Such 
oddities  can  be  set  down  only  to  individual  variation,  and  it  is  proba- 
ble that  this  bird  was  only  an  unusually  small  and  dark  example  of 
its  species. 


Family  Strigidae. 

66.  Asio  nisuella   (Daud.). 

Strix  nisuella  Daudin,  Traite"  e'le'mentaire  et  complet  d'Ornitholo- 
gie,  .1800,  p.  187. 

9  ,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

67.  Bubo  maculosus   (Vie-ill.}. 

Strix  maculosus  Vieillot,  Nouveau  Dictionnaire  d'Histoire  Nat- 
urelle,  1817,  p.  44. 

9  ,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1899,  p.  55, —  varia- 
tion; OBERHOLSER,  Proceedings  National  Museum]  Washington,  1905, 
p.  856,  857, —  subspecies. 

68.  Bubo  lacteus  (Temm.). 

Strix  lactea  Temminck,  Planches  colorees  d'Oiseaux,  II.  (1820) 
pi.  4.  Senegal. 

$  ,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

?,  ?,  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 

The  two  latter  specimens  are  darker  than  that  from  Elmenteita 
which  appears  considerably  faded,  as  if  the  bird  had  been  much  in 
sunshine. 

69.  Strix  woodfordi  nigricantius   (Sharpe). 

Syrnium  nigricantius  Sharpe,  Bulletin  British  Ornithologist's 
Club,  No.  XLV.  (1897),  p.  xlvii.,  Mpapwa,  Ugogo,  East  Africa. 

?,  $  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

There  appears  to  be  a  little  uncertainty  as  to  the  correct  name  for 
this  form.  These  two  specimens  are  in  different  phases  of  plumage, 
one  having  a  chocolate-brown  tone  while  the  other  is  gray-brown, 
but  they  agree  in  lacking  distinct  bars  on  the  back,  the  white  appear- 
ing in  triangular  flecks,  and  therein  differ  from  typical  woodfordi 


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which,  according  to  Sharpe*  is  "regularly  banded  across  with  dull 
fulvous."  On  the  other  hand,  neither  specimen  can  be  called 
"nigricanti-brunneum,"  which  is  set  down  as  the  ground  color  of  the 
upper  parts  of  nigricantius  in  the  original  description  above  cited. 
They  do  agree  with  nigricantius  in  the  triangular  spotting  of  the  back, 
and  in  the  white  superciliary  and  loral  areas.  The  chocolate-brown 
specimen  is  but  sparsely  spotted  above,  and  the  tips  of  the  breast 
feathers  are  near  chestnut.  The  gray-brown  specimen  has  the  white 
spots  on  the  back  more  numerous  and  larger,  showing  a  tendency 
towards  bars,  and  the  tips  of  the  breast  feathers  are  buff. 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1899,  pp.  55,  56, —  va- 
riation, 5.  suahelicum  and  sansibaricum  =  nigricantius. 

70.    Glaucidium  perlatum   (Vieill.}. 

Strix  perlatum  Vieillot,  Nouveau  Dictionnaire  d'Histoire  Nat- 
ufelle,  VII.  (1817),  p.  26.  Senegal. 

9  ,  Apr.,  Voi. 

d\  Oct.,  Tana  River. 

The  male  is  the  larger  of  the  two,  — wing  107  mm.,  against  wing 
103  mm.,  both  being  in  good  feather,  and  has  the  entire  crown  and 
nape  thickly  spotted.  The  female  has  very  few  spots  on  the  head. 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  filr  Ornithologie,  1899,  pp.  57,  58,  age  va- 
riation, G.  kilimense  —  G.  perlatum. 


Family  Alucoiiidse. 

71.    Aluco  capensis   (A.  5m.). 

Strix  capensis  A.  Smith,  South  African  Quarterly  Journal,  1834, 
p.  317.     South  Africa. 
9  ,  March,  Molo. 


Family  Psittacidse. 

72.    Poicephalus  rufiventris   (Rupp.). 

Pionus  rufiventris  Rtippell,  Systematische  Uebersicht  der  Vogel 
Nord-Ost-Afrika's,  1845,  P-  83-     Shoa,  Abyssinia. 

d\  9,  Apr.,  Voi. 

i  specimen  without  data. 

*Cat.  Birds  Brit.   Mus.,   II.,   pp.   267,   268. 


158     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  —  ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  I. 

73.    Poicephalus  gulielmi  massaicus   (Fisch.  &  Reichen.}. 

Pceocephalus  massaicus  Fischer  &  Reichenow,  Journal  fiir.Orni- 
thologie,  1884,  p.  179.  Gross- Aruscha,  Masailand,  German  East 
Africa. 

(?»'<?,  <?.  9,  9.  9.  ?,  9,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

One  of  these  females  has  the  red  area  of  its  forehead  extending 
back  to  the  middle  of  its  crown,  being  equal  in  this  respect  to  any  of 
the  males. 


Family  Coracidse. 

74.  Coracias  nasvius  sharpei   Reichenow. 

Ornithologische  Monatsberichte,  VII.  (1899),  p.  192.  German 
East  Africa. 

tf,  Feb.,  Gilgil. 

See  ERLANGER,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1905,  pp.  475,  458, — 
distribution  of  subspecies. 

75.  Coracias  caudatus  suahelicus  Neumann. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1907,  p.  593.  Uzagara,  German  East 
Africa. 

d\  Apr.,  Voi. 

"This  species,  which  is  active,  jay-like  in  its  movements  and  a 
swift  flier,  lives  in  bush  country,  where  trees  are  scattered." 


Family  Alcediiiidse. 

76.  Ceryle  rudis   (Linn.}. 

Alcedo  rudis  Linnaeus,  Systema  Naturae,  loth  ed.   (1758),  p.  116. 
cT,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 
9,9,9,  Oct.,  Nairobi. 

77.  Corythornis  cyanostigma  (Rupp.). 

Alcedo  cyanostigma  Riippell,  Neue  Wirbelthiere  zu  der  Fauna  von 
Abyssinien,  Vogel,  1835,  p.  70,  pi.  24,  fig.  2.     Abyssinia. 
9  ,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 

cT,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 
9  ,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 


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78.  Ispidina  picta   (Bodd.). 

Todus  pictus  Boddaert,  Table  du  Planches  Enlumine'ez,  1783,  p.  49. 
i  specimen,  Apr.,  Vol. 

79.  Halcyon  chelicuti  (Stanley). 

Alcedo  chelicuti  Stanley,  Salt's  Travels  in  Abyssinia,  1814,  Appen- 
dix, p.  56.  Abyssinia. 

9  ,  9  ,  Oct.,  Tana  River. 
9  ,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

See  HARTERT,  Novitates  Zoologicce,  1900,  p.  34, —  geographical 
variation  in  size;  NEUMANN,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1905,  pp.  188, 
189, —  variation;  ERLANGER,  ibid.  1905,  pp.  448,  449, —  unites  all  the 
forms  under  chelicuti. 

80.  Halcyon  semicaeruleus   (Forsk). 

Alcedo  semic&rulea  Forskal,  Descriptiones  Animalium,  1775,  p. 2. 
Yemen,  Arabia. 

9  ,  Oct.,  Tana  River. 

c?,  9,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

The  standing  of  H.  s.  hyacinthinus  Reichenow,  is  apparently  un- 
certain. 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  filr  Ornithologie,  1905,  pp.  189,  190; 
ERLANGER,  ibid.  p.  446. 

81.  Halcyon  albiventris  orientalis   (Peters'). 

Halcyon  orientalis  Peters,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1878,  p.  255. 
Mombassa,  British  East  Africa. 

9  ,  Nov.,  Athi  River 

See  ERLANGER,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1905,  p.  447. —  characters 
and  distribution. 


Family  Bucerotidse. 

82.    Bucorax  cafer  (Schl.). 

Buceros  carunculus,  var.  cafer  Schlegel,  Museum  Pays-Bas,  1862, 

p.    20. 

9  ,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

9  ,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 


160     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  —  ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  I. 

83.  Lophoceros  nasutus  epirhinus   (Sundev). 

Buceros  epirhinus  Sundevall,  Oefversight  af  Kongliga  Vetenskaps 
Academiens  Forhandlingar  (Stockholm)  1850,  p.  108.  South  Africa. 

c?,  9,  Apr.,  Voi. 

See  ERLANGER,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1905,  pp.  439-441, — 
characters  and  distribution  of  subspecies. 

84.  Lophoceros  melanoleucus  suahelicus  Neumann. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1905,  p.  187.  Morogoro,  German  East 
Africa. 

cT,  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 

85.  Lophoceros  deckeni   (Cab.). 

Buceros  deckeni  Cabanis,  Von  der  Decken's  Reisen,  III.  (1869) 
p.  37,  pi.  6.  East  Africa. 

d\  <?,  9,  Apr.,  Voi. 

See  ERLANGER,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1905,  pp.  441,  442,- — L. 
jacksoni  Grant  (Ibis,  1891,  p.  127)  based  on  young  deckeni. 

86.  Lophoceros  erythrorhynchus   (Temm.). 

Buceros  erythrorhynchus  Temminck,  Planches  Colorees  d'Oiseaux, 
II.  (1823)  p.  283. 

d\  9,  9,  Apr.,  Voi. 

87.  Bycanistes  cristatus  (Riipp.}. 

Buceros  cristatus  Ruppell,  Neue  Wirbelthiere  zu  der  Fauna  von 
Abyssinien,  Vogel,  I.  (1835)  p.  3.     Abyssinia. 
<3»,  c?,  9,  9,  Sept.,   Mt.   Kenya. 


Family  Upupidse. 

88.    Upupa  africana  Bechstein. 

Latham's  Allgemein  Uebersicht  Vogel,  IV.  (1811)  p«  172.     Cape 
Good  Hope. 

9,9,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 


Family  Irrisoridse. 

89.    Irissor  erythrorhynchus  (Lath.}. 

Upupa  erythrorhynchus  Latham,  Index  Ornithologicus,  I.  (1790), 
p.  280. 

cT,  cT  im.,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 


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The  immature  specimen  differs  from  the  other  only  in  its  bill, 
which  is  shorter  and  black,  and  in  its  chin,  which  is  buff. 

See  GRANT,  Ibis,  1902,  pp.  432,  433, —  Key  to  species,  and  dis- 
tribution of/,  erythrorhynchus ;  id.  ibid.  1905,  pp.  209,  210, —  remarks 
on  proposed  subspecies. 

90.  Rhinopomastus  cyanomelas  schalowi   (Neum.). 

Rhino  pomastus.  schalowi  Neumann,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1900, 
pp.  221,  222.  Usandawe,  German  East  Africa. 

d\  9,  Apr.,  Voi. 

cT,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

The  upper  aspect  of  the  pair  from  Voi  is  purple,  while  of  the  speci- 
men from  Lake  Elmenteita  it  is  steel  blue;  furthermore  the  white 
bar  on  the  primaries  of  the  latter  bird  is  more  than  twice  as  broad 
as  that  on  the  pair  from  Voi.  These  differences  are  conspicuous  and 
if  they  prove  to  be  constant  are  quite  sufficient  to  extablish  a  sub- 
species. 

Family  Meropid?e. 

91.  Melittophagus  pusillus  meridionalis   (Sharpe.}. 
Melittophagus  meridionalis  Sharpe,  Catalogue  of  the  Birds  in  the 

British  Museum,  XVII,  (1892),  p.  45. 

d\  9,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

9  ,  9  ,  9  ,  C?  im.,  Dec.,  Lucania. 

9  ,  Nov.,  Nairohi. 

i  specimen  without  data. 

None  of  these  specimens  has  more  than  a  faint  trace  of  blue  on 
the  forehead. 

See  HARTERT,  Novitates  Zoologies,  1900,  p.  35, —  synonomy; 
OBERHOLSER,  Proceedings  National  Museum,,  Washington,  1905, 
pp.  852-854, —  characters  and  distribution  of  subspecies;  NEUMANN, 
Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1905,  p.  191, —  approximation  of  cyanostictus 
and  meridionalis  in  German  East  Africa;  ERLANGER,  ibid.  1905, — 
distribution  of  subspecies. 

92.  Melittophagus  variegatus  oreobates   (Sharpe}. 
Melittophagus    oreobates    Sharpe,   Ibis,   1892,  pp.   320,   321.      Mt. 

Elgon,  Uganda,  British  East  Africa. 

cT  im.,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

See  JACKSON,  Ibis,  1902,  p.  620, —  plate;  ERLANGER,  Journal  fur 
Ornithologie,  1905,  p.  457, —  distribution  of  subspecies. 


162     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  —  ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  I. 

93.  Melittophagus  bullockoides  (Smith). 

Merops  bullockoides  A,  Smith,  South  African  Quarterly  Journal, 
II.  (1834)  p.  320. 

c?,  Dec.,  d1,  d\  d1,  9  ,  9  ,  9  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

94.  Merops  apiaster  Linn&us. 

Systema  Naturae,  loth  ed.  (1758),  p.  117. 

d\  Oct.,  Red  Sea. 

V  ,  9  ,  Oct.,  Tana  River. 


Family  Caprimulffidae. 

95.    Caprimulgus  fraenatus  Salvadori. 

Annali  Museo  Civico  di  Storia  Natural  di  Geneva,  1884,  p.  118. 
Shoa. 

9,9,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

c?  juv.,  Dec.,  Lucania. 

The  upper  aspect  of  the  juvenile  specimen  is  cinnamon  and  gray 
mottled  uniformly  fron  head  to  tail,  the  body  of  each  feather  being 
finely  vermiculated  —  dusky  and  buff  —  and  terminated  by  a  cinna- 
mon tip. 

See  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1900,  p.  499, —  characters. 


Family  Coliidse. 

96.  Colius  striatus   affinis   (Shell.). 

Colius  leucotis  affinis  Shelley,  Ibis,  1885,  p.  312.     East  Africa. 

d\  cT,  Dec.,  Lucania. 

d1,  c?,  d1,  d1,  d\  d\  <5\  9  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

"Climb  trees  and  use  their  tails  as  braces  like  woodpeckers. 
Occur  in  flocks." 

See  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1902,  p.  in, —  geographical  and  individual 
variation  (under  C.  berlepschi) ;  id.  Proceedings  of  the  Zoological  So- 
ciety, London,  1900,  p.  600, —  individual  variation;  HARTERT  in  A*i- 
sorge's  Under  the  African  Sun,  pp.  332-334, —  subspecies  of  leucotis; 
ERLANGER,  Journal  fiir  Ornithologie,  1905,  pp.  487-489, —  leucotis, 
affinis,  minor  and  nigricollis  subspecies  of  C.  striatus;  NEUMANN,  ibid, 
pp.  403—405, —  subspecies  of  striatus  and  their  distribution. 


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97.  Colius  macrourus   (Linn.}. 

Lanius  macrourus  Linnaeus,  Systema  Naturae,  i2th  ed.  (1766) 
p.  134.  Senegal,  Western  Africa. 

d\  Dec.,  Lucania. 

"Few  seen.     Occur  in  pairs." 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  fiir  Ornithologie,  1900,  p.  190, —  descrip- 
tion of  a  new  subspecies,  pulcher,  which  name,  if  valid,  should  be 
applicable  to  this  specimen;  GRANT,  Ibis,  1902,  p.  428, —  pulcher  in 
the  synonomy  of  macrourus. 


Family  Trogoiiidae. 

98.  Aploderma  narina   (Steph.). 

Trogonnarina  Stephens,  Shaw's  General  Zoology,  IX.  (1815)  p.  14. 
Kamrland. 

9,9,9,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

99.  Heterotrogon  vittatus  (Shelley). 

Haploderma  vittatum  Shelley,  Proceedings  of  the  Zoological  So- 
ciety, London,  1882,  p.  306.     Mamboio,  German  East  Africa. 
d\  9,  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 
"A  plentiful  species  on  Mt.  Kenya.     Not  seen  elsewhere." 


Family  Musophagidae. 

100.  Turacus  hartlaubi   (Fisch.  &  Reichen.). 

Corythaix    hartlaubi    Fischer  &  Reichenow,  Journal  fiir  Ornith- 
ologie, 1884,  pp.  52,  53.     Mt.  Maeru,  Masailand,  German  East  Africa. 
?,  d\  d\  c?,  cT,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 
cT,  Apr.,  Molo. 
4  others  without  data. 

101.  Chizasrhis  leucogaster  Ruppell. 

Proceedings  of  the  Zoological  Society,  London,  1842,  p.  9.  Abys- 
sinia. 

d\  9,  Apr.,  Voi. 

"Occur  in  pairs  and  have  a  habit  of  frequently  bowing  to  each 
other." 


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Family  Cuculidae. 

102.  Coccystes  glandarius   (Linn.). 

Cuculus  glandarius  Linnaeus,  Systema   Naturae,   loth  ed.    (1758) 
p.  in. 

-  ?  ,  Dec.,  Lucania. 
9,  Feb.,  Gilgil. 

103.  Coccystes  jacobinus  (Bodd.).. 

Cuculus   jacobinus    Boddaert,    Table    des    Planches    Enlumineez, 

1783.  P-  53- 

d\  Dec.,  Lucania. 

104.  Coccystes  cafer  (Licht.). 

Cuculus  cafer  Lichtenstein,  Catalogus  rerum  naturalium  rarissima- 
rum  auctionis  lege  distrahendarum,  Hamburg,  1793,  p.  14. 
9  ,  Dec.,  Lucania. 
9  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

105.  Cuculus  canorus  Linn&us. 

Systema  Naturae,  loth  ed.  (1758)  p.  no.      Europe. 
9  ,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

106.  Metallococcyx  smaragdineus  (Sw.). 

Chalcites  smaragdineus   Swainson,   Birds  of  Western   Africa,    II. 
(1837)  p.  191. 

6\  May,  Nairobi. 

107.  Chrysococcyx  klaasi   (Steph.). 

Cuculus  klaas   Stephens,    Shaw's   General   Zoology,    IX,    (1815) 
p.  128.     South  Africa. 

i  specimen  without  data. 

108.  Chrysococcyx  cupreus  (Bodd.). 

Cuculus  cupreus  Boddaert,  Table  des  Planches  Enlumineez,  1783, 
p.  40. 

i  specimen  without  data. 

109.  Centropus  monarchus  Ruppell. 

Neue  Wirbelthiere  zu  der  Fauna  von  Abyssinien,  Vogel,    1835, 
p.  57.     Abyssinia. 

cT,  ?,  ?  im.,  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 


MAY,  1909.     BIRDS  FROM  BRITISH  EAST  AFRICA  —  DEARBORN.      165 

110.    Centropus    superciliosus      Hempricht    &    Ehrenberg. 
Symbolae  Physicae,  1828,  folio  r.     Arabia. 
9  ,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 
9,9,9  Nov.,  Athi  River. 
9  ,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 
d\  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 
cT,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 


Family  Iiidicatoridfe. 

111.  Indicator  indicator   (Sparrm.). 

Cuculus  indicator  Sparrman,  Philosphical  Transactions,   1777,  p. 
43.     Cape  Good  Hope. 
d\  Oct.,  Tana  River. 
cT,  Dec.,  Lucania. 

112.  Indicator  exilis  teitensis  (Neum.}. 

Indicator  minor  teitensis  Neumann,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1900, 
p.  195.  Teita,  British  East  Africa. 

d\  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

The  wing  measure  of  this  specimen  is  85  mm. 

See  ERLANGER,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie  1905,  pp.  464-467, — 
characters  of  minor  and  exilis  and  their  subspecies  with  their  distri- 
bution; OBERHOLSER,  Proceedings  National  Museum,  Washington, 
1906,  p.  803, —  Melignothes  exilis  meliphilus. 


Family  Capitoiiidae. 

113.  Trachyphonus  boehmi  Fisher  &  Reichenow. 

Journal   fur   Ornithologie,    1884,  pp.   179,   180.     East   Africa   be- 
tween 4°  S.  and  o°. 
9,  April,  Voi. 

Family  Piciclae. 

114.  Campethera  nubica   (Bodd.). 

Picus  nubicus  Boddaert,  Table  des  Planches  Enlumineez,    1783, 
p.  41.     Nubia. 

9  ,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 


i66     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  —  ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  I. 

See  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1902,  p.  637, —  variation;  ERLANGER,  Journal 
fur  Ornithologie,  1905,  pp.  475—477, —  individual  variation,  subspecies; 
NEUMANN,  ibid.  1904,  pp.  394,  395, —  subspecific  characters. 

115.    Campethera  hausburgi  Sharpe. 

Bulletin  British  Ornithologist's  Club,  X.  (1900)  p.  36.     Mt. Kenya. 

9  ,  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 

See  OBERHOLSER,  Proceedings  National  Museum,  Washington, 
1905,  p.  874, —  Campethera  supersedes  Dendromus. 

116    Dendropicus  guineensis  massaicus  Neumann. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1900,  p.  206.     Masailand,  East  Africa. 

9  ,  Oct.,  Tana  River. 

d\  Dec.,  Lucania. 

Different  authorities  hold  various  opinions  as  to  the  status  of 
massaicus. 

See  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1902,  p.  639, —  near  cardinalis  (==  guieensis); 
NEUMANN,  Journal  fiir  Ornithologie,  1904,  pp.  399-402, —  recognizes 
ten  subspecies;  ERLANGER,  ibid.  1905,  pp.  378-480, —  recognizes 
only  five  subspecies,  holding  massaicus  to  be  the  young  of  hartlaubi. 

117.  lyngipicus  obsoletus  ingens  Hartert. 

Novitates  Zoologicae,  VII,  (1900)  p.  33.  Nairobi,  British  East 
Africa. 

cT,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

9  ,  locality  not  given. 

The  male,  judging  from  the  length  of  its  bill  and  the  nature  of 
the  feathers  on  its  breast,  is  not  quite  mature.  Measurements: 
Male,  wing  89  mm.,  tail  47  mm.,  entire  culmen  17  mm.  Female, 
wing  90  mm.,  tail  (abraided)  40  mm.,  entire  culmen  20  mm. 

118.  Mesopicus  rhodeogaster  (Fisch.  <Sf  Reichen.}. 

Picus  rhodeogaster  Fischer  &  Reichenow,  Journal  fiir  Ornithologie, 
1884,  p.  180,  Masailand. 

9  ,  Feb.,  Gilgil. 

9  ,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1904,  p.  327, —  reference 
to  an  article  in  Ornithologische  M onatsberichte  distinguishing  rhodeo- 
gaster from  spodocephalus;  ERLANGER,  ibid.  1905,  p.  473,- holds 
rhodeogaster  to  be  distinct  from  spodocephalus. 


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119.     lynx  pectoralis   (Vig.). 

Yunx  pectoralis  Vigors,  Proceedings  of  Zoological  Society,  London, 
1831,  p.  93.     South  Africa. 

cT,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 

d\  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

See  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1902,  p.  643,- variations;    ERLANGER,  Journal 
fiir  Ornithologie,  1905, —  subspecific  characters. 


Family  Hirimdinidse. 

120.  Hirundo  emini  Reichenow. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1892,  pp.  30,  31.  Victoria  Nyanza, 
Equatorial  Africa. 

<?,  9,  9,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 

121.  Psalidoprocne  holomelas  massaica   (Neum.). 

Psalidoprocne  holomel&na  massaica  Neumann,  Ornithologische 
Monatsberichte,  1904,  p.  144.  Kikuyu  country,  British  East  Africa. 

?  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

The  wing  measurement  of  this  specimen  is  98  mm.,  tail  75  mm. 

"Seen  only  at  Kijabe.     Nests  under  bridges." 

See  OBERHOLSER,  Proceedings  National  Museum,  Washington, 
1905,  p.  932, —  characters. 


Family  Muscicapidse. 

122.  Alseonax  murinus  Fischer  &  Reichenow. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1884,  p.  54.  Mt.  Maeru,  Masailand, 
East  Africa. 

d\  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

See  OBERHOLSER,  Proceedings  National  Museum,  Washington, 
1905,  p.  908, —  juvenile  plumage;  NEUMANN,  Journal  fiir  Ornitholo- 
gie, 1905,  pp.  206-208, —  geographical  variation  and  subspecies. 

123.  Bradornis  pallidus  murinus   (Finsch  &  Hartlaub). 
Bradyornis  murinus  Finsch  &  Hartlaub,  Vogel  Ostafrikas,  1870, 

p.  866.     Benguela. 
cT,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 


i68     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  —  ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  I. 

124.  Dioptrornis  fischeri  Reichenow. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1884,  p.  53.  Mt.  Maeru,  Masailand, 
East  Africa. 

9  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 
6\  9  ,  March,  Molo. 
9  ,  Dec.,  Lucania. 
cT,  d\  May,  Nairobi. 

See  HARTERT,  Novitates  Zoologies,  1900,  p.  37, —  validity  of 
Dioptrornis;  STONE,  Proceedings  of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences, 
Philadelphia,  1905,  p.  768, —  juvenile  plumage. 

125.  Parisoma  jacksoni  Sharpe. 

Bulletin  British  Ornithologist's  Club,  X.  (1899)  p.  28.  Mt. 
Elgon,  British  East  Africa. 

d\  Dec.,  Lucania. 

See  GRANT,  Ibis,  1900,  pp.  153,  154, —  distinctive  characters 
(under  P.  lugens);  SHARPE,  ibid.  1892,  pp.  302,  303, —  full  descrip- 
tion of  a  male  (under  P.  lugens). 

126.  Batis  puella  Reichenow. 

Jahrbuch     der     Hamburgischen     Wissenschaftlichen     Anstalten, 
X.  (1893)  pp.  18,  19.     Mrabbo,  Quilimane,  State  of  East  Africa. 
cT,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 

127.  Trochocercus  albonotatus  Sharpe. 
Ibis,  1891,  p.  121.     Mt.  Elgon. 

cT,  9  ,  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 

128.  Tchitrea  ferreti  Guerin. 

Revue  Zoologique,  1843,  P-  T^2-     Abyssinia. 

d\  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 

?,  9  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe.^ 

d\   9  ,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1905,  pp.  211-213, — 
revives  ferreti  and  characterizes  it;  OBERHOLSER,  Proceedings  Na- 
tional Museum,  Washington,  1906,  pp.  807-809, —  characters  and 
distribution  of  ferreti,  perspicillata  and  viridis. 


Family  Pyciioiiotidse. 

129.    Pycnonotus  layardi  micrus  Oberholser. 

Proceedings   of  the   United   States   National   Museum,    XXVIII 
(1905)  pp.  891,  892.     Taveta,  British  East  Africa. 


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cT,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

<5\  Dec.,  Lucania. 

9  ,   9  ,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

6",  Oct.,  Nairobi. 

The  wing  measurements  of  the  three  males,  taken  in  the  above 
order,  are  as  follows:  96  mm.,  90  mm.,  93  mm., —  the  average  being  93 
mm.  None  of  these  is  in  fresh  plumage  and  they  all  show  more  or  less 
abrasion.  While  they  are  evidently  larger  than  those  on  which 
micrus  was  founded,  yet  they  are  smaller  than  the  South  African  form, 
and  serve  on  the  whole  to  substantiate  Mr.  Oberholser's  new  sub- 
species. 

130.  Andropadus  latirostris  eugenius   (Reichen). 

Andropadus  eugenius  Reichenow,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1892, 
p.  53.     Bukoba,  Victoria  Nyanza  region,  Central  Africa. 
d\  cT.  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 

131.  Bleda  kikuyuensis   (Sharpe}. 

Xenocichla  kikuyuensis  Sharpe,  Ibis,  1891,  pp.  118,  119.  Kikuyu 
Country,  East  Africa. 

d\  d\  9 ,  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 


Family  Tiliieliidse. 

132.  Crateropus  sharpei  Reichenow. 

Journal   fur  Ornithologie,    1891,   p.    432.     Kakoma,    Uniamwesi, 
East  Africa. 

cT,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

133.  Crateropus  hindei   (Sharpe}. 

Bulletin   British   Ornithologist's   Club,    XI,    (1900)    p.    29.     Athi 
River,  British  East  Africa. 
d\   9,  Oct.,  Tana  River. 

134.  Crateropus  hypoleucus  Cabanis. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1878,  p.  226.     Ukamba,  East  Africa. 
cT,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

See   NEUMANN,   Journal  fur  Ornithologie,    1904,   pp.    548-555, — 
review  of  African  species  of  Crateropus. 


170     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  —  ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  I. 

135.    Alcippe  abyssinica   (Rupp). 

Drymophila  abyssinica  Riippell,  Neue  Wirbelthiere  zu  der  Fauna 
von  Abyssinien,  1835,  p.  108,  pi.  40.     Abyssinia. 

d\  d\  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 


Family  Turdidap. 

136.  Planesticus  elgonensis   (Sharpe). 

Merula  elgonensis  Sharpe,  Ibis,  1891,  p.  445.  Mt.  Elgon,  British 
East  Africa. 

9  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 
9  ,  March,  Molo. 

137.  Bessonornis  caffra  iolsema  Reichenow. 

Ornithologische  Monatsberichte,  VIII,  (1900)  p.  5.  German 
East  Africa. 

d\  Jan.,  Kijabe. 
?  ,  March,  Molo. 
See  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1901,  p.  71, —  mauensis  Neumann  .=  iol&ma. 

138.  Ale  the  akeleyae  sp.  nov. 

Type,  No.  32512,  Field  Museum  of  Natural  History;  collected 
on  Mt.  Kenya,  British  East  Africa,  by  Mrs.  Carl  E.  Akeley,  September 
19,  1906.  Sex  not  recorded. 

Description  of  the  type:  Pileum  uniform  slate  color,  cervix  sepia, 
which  gradually  changes  on  the  back  and  scapulars  to  burnt  umber, 
and  to  a  bright  rusty  brown  on  the  rump  and  upper  tail  coverts.  The 
greater,  median  and  lesser  wing  coverts,  together  with  the  outer 
margins  of  the  rectrices  and  secondaries,  are  vandyke  brown.  The 
outer  margins  of  the  primaries  are  hair  brown.  The  primary  coverts 
and  the  inner  webs  of  the  rectrices  and  remiges,  as  seen  from  above, 
are  dark  sepia,  the  rhachides  being  dark  above  and  pale  beneath. 
The  throat  and  middle  of  breast  and  abdomen  are  buffy  white.  The 
chest,  sides  and  under  tail  coverts  are  buff.  A  superciliary  line, 
white  anteriorly  but  turning  to  gray  behind  the  eye,  extends  from 
the  base  of  the  maxilla  nearly  to  the  posterior  end  of  the  ear- 
coverts.  The  lores, a  narrow  eye-ring  and  a  marginal  line  along  the 
sides  of  the  mandible  and  into  inter-rhamal  apex  are  slaty  black. 
The  ear  coverts  are  hair-brown.  The  malar  and  post  auricular  regions 
and  sides  of  throat  are  slate-gray,  slightly  lighter  than  the  pileum. 


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The  bend  of  the  wing,  the  under  wing  coverts  and  the  axillaries  are 
white,  and  the  inner  margins  of  the  secondaries  are  pale  buff.  The 
bill  of  the  dry  skin  is  black,  and  the  feet  pale.  On  the  ends  of  the 
greater  wing  coverts  are  flecks  of  cinnamon,  such  as  appear  in  the 
first  winter  plumage  of  thrushes  of  the  genus  Hylocichla.  Wing  94  mm. ; 
tail  65  mm.;  exposed  culmen  16  mm.;  tarsus  28  mm. 

This  species  resembles  poliocephala  more  than  any  other  yet 
described.  It  is  named  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Akeley,  whose  pluck  and 
endurance  enabled  her  to  contribute  very  materially  to  the  results 
of  the  memorable  African  expedition  conducted  by  her  husband  in 
1905-07. 

139.  Tarsiger  orientalis  Fischer  &  Reichenow-. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1884,  p.  57.  Pangani,  German  East 
Africa. 

6\   9  ,  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 

140.  Pratincola  axillaris  Shelley. 

Proceedings  of  the  Zoological  Society,  London,  1884,  pp.  556,  557. 
Mt.  Kilimanjaro,  German  East  Africa. 
d\  d\   9,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 
d\  9,  Mar.,      9,  Apr.,  Molo. 

141-     Myrmecocichla  aethiops  cryptoleuca   (Sharpe}. 

Myrmecocichla  cryptoleuca  Sharpe,  Ibis,  1891,  p.  445.  Kikuyu, 
British  East  Africa. 

d\  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

d\  Nov.,      9  ,  Apr.,  Nairobi. 

142.  Saxicola  pleschanka    (Lepech.). 

Motacilla  pleschanka  Lepechin,  Novi  Commentarii  Academiae 
Scientiarum  Imperialis  Petropolitanae  (St.  Petersburg)  XIX.  (1770) 

P-  503- 

cT,  cT,  9  ,  Dec.,  Mt.  Lucania. 

See  ERLANGER,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1905,  p.  748, —  seasonal 
variation;  NEUMANN,  ibid,  1906,  p.  293, —  variation. 

143.  Saxicola  oenanthe   (Linn.}. 

Motacilla  oenanthe  Linnaeus,  Systema  Naturae,  loth  ed.  (1758), 
p.  186. 

cT,   9,  9  ,   9  ,Dec.,  Lucania. 

cT,  cK  9  ,  Oct.,  9,9,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 

See  ERLANGER,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1905,  p.  747, —  sub- 
species reduced. 


172     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY —ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  I. 


Family  Sylviidie. 

144.  Acrocephalus  arundinaceus   (Linn.). 

Turdus  arundinaceus  Linnaeus,  Systema  Naturae,  zoth  ed.,  I. 
(1758)  p.  170. 

?  ,  Dec.,  Lucania. 

i  specimen  without  data. 

145.  Cisticola  chubbi  Sharpe. 

Ibis,  1892,  p.  157.     Mt.  Elgon,  British  East  Africa. 
9  ,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 

146.  Cisticola  robusta  nuchalis   (Reich.). 

Cisticola  nuchalis  Reichenow,  Ornithologische  Monatsberichte, 
1893,  p.  61.  Kagera. 

d\  Nov.,  Nairobi. 

The  measurements  of  this  skin  are:  Wing,  69  mm.;  tail,  50  mm.; 
tarsus,  26  mm.  There  are  no  black  streaks  on  its  sides,  and  in  all 
particulars  it  conforms  to  the  original  description  of  C.  ambigua 
Sharpe,*  which  appears  to  be  a  synonym  of  nuchalis. 

See  REICHENOW,  Vogel  Afrikas,  III.  p.  555;  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1901, 
p.  60, —  remarks  on  nuchalis  and  ambigua;  -NEUMANN,  Journal  fur 
Ornithologie, —  subspecies  of  robusta. 

147.  Cisticola  lugubris  Ruppell. 

Neue  Wirbelthiere  zu  der  Fauna  von  Abyssinien.     Abyssinia. 

cT,  Oct.,  Nairobi. 

d\  d\  Dec.,  Lucania. 

?,  9  ,  Kijabe. 

The  crown  of  the  Nairobi  specimen  is  mars  brown  with  indis- 
tinct stripes  of  dusky.  The  feathers  of  the  back  are  black  with  lat- 
eral margins  of  vinaceous-cinnamon,  and  the  outer  margins  of  the 
remiges  are  cinnamon-rufous.  This  bird  is  in  the  plumage  described 
by  Neumann  as  C.  I.  suahelica^,  from  German  East  Africa.  The 
other  four  specimens  have  the  crown  mainly  dusky,  the  feathers 
being  bordered  with  mars  brown.  The  feathers  of  the  back  are 
streaked  with  blackish  brown  and  bordered  with  gray.  The  outer 
margins  of  the  remiges  are  broccoli  brown.  In  dimensions  and  in 

*  Bulletin,  British  Ornithologists,  Club,  XI  (1900)  p.    28. 
t  Journal  jur  Onithologie,   1906,   p.  272. 


MAY,  1909.     BIRDS  FROM  BRITISH  EAST  AFRICA  —  DEARBORN.      173 

the  shape  and  color  of  bills  this  series  is  quite  uniform.  A  specimen 
loaned  for  examination  by  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  of 
Philadelphia  has  the  light  brown  crown  of  this  Nairobi  bird,  and  the 
gray  back  of  the  others,  and  is  therefore  a  connecting  link  between 
the  two  plumages,  which  are  so  decidedly  different  that,  without 
more  evidence  than  these  five  specimens  furnish,  they  would  be  looked 
upon  as  belonging  to  two  distinct  species. 

See  REICHENOW,  Vogel  Afrikas,  III.  p.  842;  NEUMANN,  Journal 
fur  Ornithologie,  1906,  pp.  270-274. 

148.  Cisticola  chiniana  fischeri  Reicheriow. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,    1891,   pp.    162,    163.     Lake  Naivasha. 
d\  d\  cT,  Dec.,  Lucania. 
d\  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1906,  p.  268 ;  REICHENOW, 
ibid,  p.  322. 

149.  Cisticola  prinoides  Neumann. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1900,  p.  304.     Mau,  British  East  Africa. 

d\  d\  d\  March,  Molo. 

See  OBERHOLSER,  Proceedings  National  Museum,  Washington, 
1905,  p.  902, —  its  characters  contrasted  with  hunteri,  neumanni 
and  subruficapilla,  and  its  distribution. 

150.  Cisticola  terrestris   (Smith}. 

Drymoica  terrestris  Smith,  Illustrations  of  the  Zoology  of  South 
Africa,  1849,  Aves,  pi.  74.     South  Africa. 
9  ,  March,  Molo. 
9  im.,  Dec.,  Lucania. 
i  adult  without  data. 

This  last  specimen  and  the  one  that  is  immature  are  much  paler 
than  the  one  taken  in  March,  which  agrees  quite  well  as  to  color  with 
an  example  in  this  collection  from  South  Africa. 
See  GRANT  and  REID,  Ibis,  1901, —  variation. 

151.  Cisticola  brunnescens  Heuglin. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1862,  pp.  289,  290.     North-east  Africa. 
9  ,  Oct.,  Nairobi. 
cT,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

These  are  Cisticola  hindii  Sharpe.  Reichenow  appears  to  be 
right  in  putting  hindii  in  the  synonomy  of  brunnescens,*  as  HeugHn's 

*V6gel  Africas,  III,  p.  559. 


174     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  —  ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  I. 

description  of  brunnescens  is  practically  the  same  as  Sharpe's  descrip- 
tion of  hindii  as  far  as  the  latter  goes,  the  former  being  the  more 
complete.  These  specimens  agree  with  those  labelled  Cisticola 
hindii  in  the  Harrison  collection  in  the  Philadelphia  Academy,  which 
were  kindly  sent  for  examination. 

See  SHARPE,   Ibis,    1900^.498, —  seasonal   variation   (C.  hindii). 

152.  Bradypterus  cinnamomeus  salvadorii   (Neum.). 
Bradypterus  salvadorii  Neumann,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1900, 

p.  304.     Mt.  Gurui,  German  East  Africa. 

9  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

Without  proper  material  for  comparison  there  is  some  uncertainty 
as  to  whether  this  specimen  is  really  salvadorii  or  true  cinnamomeus, 
but  the  probabilities  indicate  the  former  to  be  the  right  name.  Reiche- 
now  —  -  Vogel  Afrikas,  III.  p.  581  —  puts,  salvadorii  among  the  syno- 
nyms of  cinnamomeus. 

153.  Calamocichla  parva   (Fisch.  &  Reichen.). 

Phyllostrephus  parvus  Fischer  &   Reichenow,   Journal   fur  Orni- 
thologie, 1884,  p.  262.     Lake  Naivasha. 
d\  Jan.,  Lake  Naivasha. 

154.  Calamonastes  simplex  (Cab.). 

Thamnobia  simplex  Cabanis,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1878,  pp. 
205-221.     Ndi,  Teita,  British  East  Africa. 
d\  Apr.,  Voi. 

155.  Philoscopus  trochilus  (Linn.). 

Motacilla  trochilus  Linnaeus,  Systema  Naturae,  loth  ed.  (1758) 
I.  p.  188. 

d\  March,  Molo. 

See  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1901,  p.  53, —  moult  and  color  variation; 
ERLANGER,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1905,  p.  735, —  variation. 

156.  Euprinodes  cinereus  Sharpe. 

Ibis,  1891,  p.  120.     Mt.  Elgon,  British  East  Africa. 
cT,  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 

157.  Euprinodes  golzi  Finsch  &  Reichenow. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1884,  p.  182.  Great  Arusha,  German 
East  Africa. 

d\  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

9,  Oct.,  Tana  River. 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1906,  p.  278, —  golzi 
held  to  be  a  subspecies  of  Apalis  flavida. 


MAY,  1909.     BIRDS  FROM  BRITISH  EAST  AFRICA  —  DEARBORN.      175 

158.  Sylvietta  leucopsis  (Reichen.} 

Sylviella    leucopsis    Reichenow,     Ornithologisches     Centralblatt, 
1879,  p.  114.     Kibaradja,  British  East  Africa. 
9  ,  Apr.,  Voi. 

159.  Eremomela  flaviventris  abdominalis  Reichenow. 

Vogel  Afrikas,  III.  (1905)  p.  635.  Kikuyu  Country,  British  East 
Africa. 

9  ,  Dec.,  Lucania. 

160.  Eremomela  scotops  Sundevall. 

Oefersigt  af  Kongliga  Vetenskaps  Academiens  Forhandlingar 
(Stockholm)  1850,  p.  103.  Kaffraria,  South  Africa. 

cT,  Oct.,  Tana  River. 

This  specimen  appears  to  extend  the  distribution  of  scotops,  as 
heretofore  recorded,  somewhat  to  the  northward. 

161.  Camaroptera  griseoviridis   (von  Mull.}. 

Drymoica  griseoviridis  von  Miiller,  Naumannia,  I.  Heft  4  (1851) 
p.  27. 

d\   9,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

162.  Prinia  mystacea  Ruppell. 

Neue  Wirbelthiere  zu  der  Fauna  von  Abyssinien,  Vogel,   1835, 
p.  no.     Gondar,  Abyssinia. 
d\  Jan.,  Kijabe. 
9  ,  May,  9  ,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 


Family  Prinoiiopidse. 

163.  Eurocephalus  ruppelli  Bonaparte. 

Revue  et  Magasine  de  Zoologie,  1853,  p.  440.     White  Nile,  Shoa, 
Abyssinia. 

<J\   9,  Apr.,  Voi. 
d\  Oct.,  Tana  River. 

164.  Prionops  poliolophus  Fischer  &  Reichenow. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1884,  p.   180.     Lake  Naivasha,  British 
East  Africa. 

?,  ?,  d\  d\  9,  9   Jan.,  Kijabe. 

"Occur  in  dense  flocks  and  are  very  noisy." 


176     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  I. 

165.     Sigmodus  retzii  graculinus   (Cab.). 

Prionops  graculinus  Cabanis,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,   1868,  p. 
412,  pi.  3.     Mombasa,  British  East  Africa. 

d\   9,   9,  Apr.,  Voi. 


Family  Laniidse. 

166.  Lanius  excubitorius  Prevot  &  Des  Murs. 

Lefebre  Voyage  en  Abyssinie,  Zoologie,  VI.  (1850),  p.  99.  Abys- 
sinia. 

d\   9  ,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

The  wing  measurements  of  these  specimens  are  107  mm.  and  109 
mm.,  respectively.  The  upper  tail-coverts  are  pale  gray,  nearly 
white.  The  black  bar  on  the  outer  rectrix  of  the  male  is  31  mm. 
wide,  and  of  the  female  22  mm.  It  thus  appears  that  these  birds  are 
intermediates  between  excubitorius  and  bcehmi,  but  their  small  size 
rules  them  out  of  Neumann's  intercedens  —  "Flugellange  116—124 
mm."* 

167.  Lanius  caudatus  Cabanis. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1868,  p.  412,  Mombasa,  British  East 
Africa. 

9  ,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

9  ,  Apr.,  Voi. 

cT  im.,  Dec.,  Lucania. 

The  immature  specimen  has  the  crown,  nape,  rump  and  upper 
tail  coverts  still  in  juvenile  dress.  The  breast  and  flanks  show  num- 
erous obsolete  bars. 

See  SCHIEBEL,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1906,  p.  174, —  distribu- 
tion. 

168.  Lanius  collaris  humeralis   (Stanley] 

Lanius  humeralis  Stanley,  Salt's  Travels,  Appendix,  1814,  p.  51. 
\byssinia. 

cT,  cf,  cT,   9,   9  juv.,  9  juv.,  ?  juv.,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

9  ,   9  ,   9  ,  Dec.,  Lucania. 

9  ,  9  ,  c?'  im.,  Oct.,  9  ,  9  im.,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 

9   Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

*  J.  f.  O.  1905,  pp.  328,   229. 


MAY,  1909.     BIRDS  FROM  BRITISH  EAST  AFRICA  —  DEARBORN.      177 

The  young  birds  range  from  one  with  a  tail  only  51  mm.  long, 
taken  at  Kijabe,  January  10,  to  others  fully  grown  and  largely  out  of 
their  juvenile  dress. 

See  SCHIEBEL,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1906,  p.  186, —  distribu- 
tion. 

169.  Laniarius  funebris   (Hartl.) 

Dryoscopus    funebris    Hartlaub,    Proceedings    of    the    Zoological 
Society  of  London,  1863,  p.   105.     Mininga,  German  East  Africa. 
d\  Apr.,  Voi. 

170.  Laniarius  cubla  hamatus  (Hatrl.) 

Dryoscopus  hamatus  Hartlaub,  Proceedings  of  the  Zoological 
Society  of  London,  1863,  p.  106.  Kazeh,  Victoria  Nyanza,  German 
East  Africa. 

cT,  cT,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

cT,  Apr.,  Voi. 

The  specimen  from  Voi  is  smaller  than  those  from  Kijabe,  as  may 
be  seen  in  the  fol. owing  measurements: 

cT,  Voi,       Apr.  14,  wing,  77  mm.;  tail,  66  mm.;  culmen,   17  mm. 

cT,  Kijabe,  Jan.     2,  83  71  19.5  " 

cT,  Jan.    3,  83  70  "        20      " 

They  are  all  alike  in  color  characters. 

171.  Laniarius  aethiopicus   (Gm.) 

Turdus  (Bthiopicus  Gmelin,  Systema  Naturae,  I.  (1788)  p.  824. 
Abyssinia. 

cT,  Oct.,  9  ,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 

9,   9,   9,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

9  ,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

9  ,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmienteita. 

9  ,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 

This  series  shows  considerable  variation.  The  male  from  Nairobi 
has  no  white  on  rectrices  or  secondaries.  It  appears  to  be  an  adult 
in  fresh  plumage.  The  female  from  Nairobi  has  the  tip  of  the  outer 
rectrices  buffy  white,  but  no  white  on  the  secondaries.  The  female 
from  Naivasha,  which  was  fully  adult,  is  rather  blacker,  more  glossy 
than  the  last,  yet  her  outer  rectrices  have  the  distal  two-thirds  of  the 
outer  web  and  nearly  half  of  the  inner  web  white,  as  seen  from  be- 
neath, and  two  secondaries  of  each  wing  are  bordered  with  white 
for  their  full  length.  Three  have  the  outer  rectrices  white  at  the 


178     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTO'RY  —  ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  I. 

tip  only,  and  four  have  white  on  the  outer  web  for  at  least  a  third  of 
its  length.  The  under  parts  of  the  body  do  not  vary  materially. 
The  two  from  Nairobi,  the  one  from  Athi  River,  the  one  from  Lake 
Elmenteita  and  one  of  those  from  Kijabe  lack  white  secondaries, 
while  the  other  three  have  them.  Of  the  females  having  no  white 
on  the  secondaries,  the  wing  measurement  runs  from  87  mm.  to  93 
mm.;  while  of  those  of  the  same  sex  having  secondaries  edged  with 
white,  the  same  measurement  runs  from  90  mm.  to  94  mm. 

The  description  of  (gthiopicus,  based  on  specimens  from  Abys- 
sinia, in  Vol.  VIII,  Catalogue  of  the  Birds  in  the  British  Museum, 
states  that  all  the  quills  are  black,  though  a  female  from  Anseba  has 
the  "outer  web  of  one  of  the  secondaries  on  the  right  wing  very 
faintly  edged  with  white."  These  birds  with  black  secondaries  are 
from  the  type  region  of  the  species,  Abyssinia.  Madarasz  described 
his  L.  ambiguus*  as  similar  to  L.  athiopicus,  but  differing  from  the 
latter  in  having  no  white  on  the  secondaries.  The  dimensions  of 
ambiguus  as  given  are  practically  identical  with  those  of  the  Abys- 
sinian birds  in  the  British  Museum,  so  ambiguus,  agreeing  with  cethi- 
opicus  in  lacking  white  on  the  secondaries  as  well  as  in  size,  has  no 
distinctive  character  to  support  its  existence  and  must  fall  into 
synonomy.  The  individual  variation  exhibited  in  this  series  of 
specimens  evidently  extends  in  some  degree  to  the  birds  in  Abys- 
sinia and  elsewhere,  and  has  proven  a  stumbling  block  to  various 
authors.  The  following  citations  give  a  clew  to  the  efforts  that  have 
been  made  to  confine  by  nomenclatural  bonds  this  obstreperous 
species: 

HARTERT,  Novitates  Zoological,  1902,  p.  622;   NEUMANN,  Journal 
fur  Ornithologie,    1899,  pp.  406,   407;    ibid.  1900  pp.   270,  271;    ibid, 
1905,  pp.  222,  223;  ERLANGER,  ibid.  1905,  pp.  697,  698;  REICHENOW, 
Jahrbuch  der  Hamburgischen  Wissenschaftlichen  Anstalten,  X.  (1893) 
Hamburg,  pp.  19-21, — -  (Dryoscopus  major). 

172.  Laniarius  abbotti  Richmond. 

Auk,  1897,  p.  161.     Mt.  Kilimanjaro,  German  East  Africa. 
d\  d\  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 

See  SHARPE,  Proceedings  of  the  Zoological  Society,  London,  1900, 
pp.  605,  606, —  distribution. 

173.  Pomatorhynchus  senegalus  orientalis   (Cab.). 
Pomatorhynchus   orientalis    Cabanis,    Von    der    Decken's    Reisen, 

III.  (1869)  p.  27.     Mombasa,  British  Africa. 

*  Annales  Historico   Naturalis   Musei   Xationalis   Hungarici,    1904,    p.    205. 


MAY,  1909.     BIRDS  FROM  BRITISH  EAST  AFRICA  —  DEARBORN.      179 

9,  Oct.,  Tana  River. 
d1,  Apr.,  Vol. 

These  specimens  have  a  wing  measurement  of  83  mm.  They  do 
not  differ  materially  in  color. 

See   OBERHOLSER,   Proceedings   National   Museum,    Washington, 

1906,  pp.    810,    811, —  characters    and    distribution    of    subspecies; 
NEUMANN,  Journal  fiir  Ornithologie,  1907,  pp.  376,  377, —  characters 
and  distribution. 

174.    Pomatorhynchus  australis  dohertyi   (Neum.*). 

Telophonus  australis  dohertyi  Neumann,  Journal  fiir  Ornithologie, 

1907,  pp.  370,  371.     Escarpment,  British  East  Africa. 
d\  cT,   9  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

d\  9  ,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

The  Kijabe  specimens  were  taken  within  a  few  miles  of  the  type 
locality  of  this  subspecies.  The  pair  from  Lake  Elmenteita  agree 
with  those  from  Kijabe  in  size,  but  are  browner,  the  back  being 
nearly  vandyke  brown.  The  Kijabe  birds  are  all  sepia  on  the  inter- 
scapulum.  Neglecting  a  badly  abraded  specimen  from  Kijabe,  the 
wing  measurements  of  this  series  are  between  74  and  78  mm. 


Family  Pariclse. 

175.  Parus  albiventris  Shelley. 

Ibis,  1881,  p.  116.     Ugogd,  German  East  Africa. 
9  ,  Oct.,  Tana  River. 
9  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

176.  Anthoscopus  sylviella  Reichenow. 

Ornithologische  Monatsberichte,    1904,   p.    27.     Usegua,   German 
East  Africa. 

9  ,  Oct.,  Tana  River. 


Family  Zosteropiclae. 

177.    Zosterops  kikuyuensis  (Sharpe). 

Ibis,  1891,  p.  444,  pi.  12.     Kikuyu,  British  East  Africa. 
cT,  cT,  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 


i8o     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  —  ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  I. 

178.  Zosterops  jacksoni,   Neumann. 

Ornithologische    Monatsberichte,     1899,    p.     23.     Mau    Plateau, 
British  East  Africa. 

cT,  March,  Molo. 

See  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1899,  p.  638,— attests  validity. 


Family  Nectariiiicla1!. 

179.  Drepanorhynchus  reichenowi  Fischer. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1884,  p.  56.  Lake  Naivasha,  British 
East  Africa. 

d,  d,  d,  d,  d,  d,  d,   9  ,  9  ,  March,  Molo. 

d,  d,  d,   9  ,   9  ,  Jan.,  d,  d,  June,  Kijabe. 

d,  no  data. 

See  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1891,  p.  590, —  color  variation;  id.  Proceedings 
of  the  Zoological  Society,  London,  1900,  pp.  602,  603, —  variation; 
OBERHOLSER,  Proceedings  National  Museum,  Washington,  1905, 
p.  931, —  a  generic  character. 

180.  Nectarinia  kilimensis  Shelley. 

Proceedings  of  the  Zoological  Society,  London,  1884,  p.  555.  Mt. 
Kilimanjaro,  German  East  Africa. 

d,  d,  9,  Oct.,  d,  d,  d,  d,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 
d,  d,  d\   9,  Dec.,  Lucania. 
cT,    9  ,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 
9  ,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 
d\  June,   Kijabe. 

There  is  great  variation  in  the  glistening  areas  of  these  males,  the 

bronze  varying  in  tone  from  green  to  purple  in  different  individuals. 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1900,  p.  300, —  variation. 

181.  Nectarinia  tacazze   (Stanl.}. 

Certhia  tacazze  Stanley,  Salt's  Travels  in  Abyssinia,  Appendix, 
1814,  LVIII.  Abyssinia. 

d\  cT,  d\  cT,  March,  Molo. 

See  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1899,  p.  631, —  color  variations  (Nectarinia 
jacksoni  Neumann);  NEUMANN,  Journal  filr  Ornithologie,  1906,  pp. 
257,  258, —  variation  and  subspecies. 


MAY,  1909.     BIRDS  FROM  BRITISH  EAST  AFRICA  —  DEARBORN.      181 

182.  Cinnyris  venusta  falkensteini   (Fisch.  &   Reichen.) 
Cinnyris  falkensteini   Fischer   &    Reichenow,    Journal   fur   Orni- 

thologie,  1884,  p.  56.     Lake  Naivasha,  British  East  Africa. 

6\  cT,  d\  d\  9  ,  cJ'  im.,  Dec.,  Lucania. 

d\  d\  cT,  d\  9  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

cT  im.,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 

cT,  no  data. 

See  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1900.  pp.  495-497, —  characters  and  relation- 
ships; OBERHOLSER,  Proceedings  National  Museum,  Washington, 
1905,  p.  928, —  relations  of  venusta,  affinis  and  falkensteini. 

183.  Cinnyris  senegalensis  a^quatorialis   (Reich.). 

Cinnyris  aquatorialis  Reichenow,  Ornithologische  Monatsberichte 
1899,  p.  171.  Victoria  Nyanza. 

cT,   9  ,  Dec.,  Lucania. 

See  NEUMANN,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1906,  pp.  252-256, —  sub- 
species of  senegalensis. 

184.  Cinnyris  mediocris  Shelley. 

Proceedings  of  the  Zoological  Society,  London,  1885,  p.  228. 
Mt.  Kilimanjaro. 

d\  d\  d\  6",   ?,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 
d\  d\  d\   9,  9,  March,  Molo. 

185.  Cinnyris  kirkii  Shelley. 

Monograph    of    the    Nectariniidae,    1876-1880,    p.    73.     Zambesi 
River  near  mouth  of  Shire  River,  Portuguese  East  Africa. 
cJ\  9  ,  June,  Kijabe. 
cT,  no  data. 


Family  Motacillidae. 

186.  Motacilla  vidua  Sundevall. 

Oefversigt   af    Kongliga   Vetenskaps   Academiens    Forhandlingar 
(Stockholm)   1850,  p.   128.     Kaffirland,  South  Africa. 
cT,  d\   9  ,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

187.  Budytes  campestris   (Pallas). 

Motacilla  canipestris  Pallas,  Reise  durch  verschiedene  Provinzen 
des  Russichen  Reiches,  III.  (1776)  p.  696. 
d\  cT,  d\  9  ,  Oct.,  d»,  9  ,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 
cJ1,  March,  Molo. 
9  ,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 


182     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  —  ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  I. 

188.  Anthus  trivialis  (Linn.), 

Alauda  trivialis  Linnaeus,  Systema  Naturae,  loth  ed.  (1758) 
p.  166. 

d\  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

189.  Anthus  rufulus  cinnamomeus   (Riipp.). 

Anthus  cinnamomeus  Rtippell,  Neue  Wirbelthiere  zu  der  Fauna 
von  Abyssinien,  Vogel,  I.  (1835)  p.  103.  Abyssinia. 

d\  Dec.,  Lucania. 

See  HARTERT,  Novitates  Zoologiccz,  1900,  p.  45, —  same  designa- 
tion as  above;  NEUMANN,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie ,  1906,  pp.  231,  232, 
—  subspecies  and  their  distribution,  unites  the  forms  from  East 
Africa  and  South  Africa  under  A.  r.  raalteni  Bp. 

190.  Anthus  nicholsoni  Sharpe. 

Layard's  Birds  of  South  Africa,  1884,  p.  536. 

9,9,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

d\  9  ,  Dec.,  Lucania. 

See  NEUMANN,  Ornithologische  Monatsberichte,  1905,  p.  77, — 
description  of  A.  n.  longirostris ,  which  if  valid,  should  apply  to  these 
specimens;  id.  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1906,  pp.  232-234, —  sub- 
species of  nicholsoni;  REICHENOW,  Vogel  Afrikas,  III.  p.  839,  longiros- 
tris =  nicholsoni;  ERLANGER,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1907,  p.  37, — 
mentions  longirostris,  but  does  not  employ  it. 


Family  Alaudidre. 

191.  Macronyx  croceus  (Vieill.). 

Alauda  crocea  Vieillot,  Nouveau  Dictionnaire  d'Histoire  Natur- 
elle,  I.  (1816)  p.  365. 

d\  d\  d\   9  ,  Oct.,  Nairobi. 

d\  Dec.,  Lucania. 

See  SHARPS,  Ibis,  1891,  pp.  589,  590, —  slightly  smaller  than  South 
African  examples. 

192.  Mirafra  africanoides  Smith. 

Report  of  the   Expedition   for   Exploring   Central   Africa,    1836, 
p.  47.     Orange  River  District,  South  Africa. 
cT,  Dec.,  Lucania. 


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193.  Mirafra  africana  athi  Hartert. 

Novitates  Zoologicae,  1900,  p.  46.  Athi  Plain,  British  East 
Africa. 

C?  juv.,  Oct.,  Nairobi. 

?  im.  Dec.,  Lucania. 

See  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1899,  p.  624,  625, —  color  variations;  id.  ibid. 
1891,  p.  260, —  local  variation  noted. 

194.  Tephrocorys  cinerea  saturatior  (Reichenow] . 

Calandrella    cinerea    saturatior    Reichenow,    Vogel    Afrikas,    III. 
(1904)  p.  378.     East  Africa,  Angola. 
d\  Nov.,  Nairobi. 
See  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1891,  p.  260, —  local  variation  of  cinerea. 


Family  Fringillid?e. 

195.  Crithagra  albifrons  Sharpe. 

Ibis,  1891,  p.  118.     Sotik,  Kikuyu,  British  East  Africa. 

9  im.  March,  Molo. 

See  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1899,  p.  622, —  age  variation;  id.  Ibis,  1891, 
pp.  255,256, —  full  description  of  adult  male;  OBERHOLSER,  Proceed- 
ings National  Museum,  Washington,  1905,  p.  935, —  generic  characters. 

196.  Crithagra  striolata  (Rupp.}. 

Pyrrhula  striolata  Ruppell,  Neue  Wirbelthiere  zu  der  Fauna  von 
Abyssinien,  Vogel,  1835,  p.  99.  Abyssinia. 

d\  March,  Molo. 

See  OBERHOLSER,  Proceedings  National  Museum,  Washington, 
1905,  p.  935, —  geographical  variation. 

197.  Serinus  flavi vertex   (Blanf.). 

Crithagra  flavivertex  Blanford,  Annals  and  Magazine  of  Natural 
History,  4th  series  VI,  (1869)  p.  330.     Abyssinia. 
cT,   9  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

198.  Serinus  reichenowi  Salvadori. 

Annali  Museo  Civico  di  Storia  Natural  de  Genova,  1888,  p.  272. 
Cialalaka,  Shoa. 

9  ,  Dec.,  Lucania. 
See  GR'ANT,  Ibis,  1900,  p.  136, —  distinctive  characters. 


184     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  —  ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  I. 

199.  Serinus  sharpii  Neumann. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1900,  pp.  287,  288.     Mt.  Kilimanjaro. 
9  ,  Dec.,  Lucania. 

200.  Passer  rufocinctus  Fischer  &  Reichenow. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1884,  p.  55.     Lake  Naivasha. 
d\   9  ,  Oct.,  d\   9  ,  Dec.,  Lucania. 
tf,  d\  March,  Gilgil. 
cJ1 ,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 

See  HARTERT,  Novitates  Zoologica,  1900,  p.  42, —  Passer  moti- 
tensis  rufocinctus. 

201.  Petronia  pyrgita   (Heugl.*). 

Xanthodina  pyrgita  Heuglin,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1862,  p.  30. 
Abyssinia. 

d\  Oct.,  Tana  River. 

This  specimen  is  darker  and  larger  than  specimens  in  this  Museum 
from  Somaliland.  Wing  87  mm. 

202.  Emberiza  flaviventris  Stephens. 

Shaw's  General  Zoology,  IX,  pt.  2,  (1815)  p.  374.     South  Africa. 

9,9,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

See  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1891,  p.  259, —  A  large  gray-flanked  specimen; 
NEUMANN,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1905,  p.  359, —  African  forms  of 
yellow-breasted  sparrows. 


Family  Ploceidse. 

203.  Diatropura  procne  delamerei   (Shelley). 

Coliuspasser  delamerei  Shelley,  Bulletin  of  the  British  Ornitholo- 
gist's Club,  XIII,  (1903)  p.  73.  North  Kenya,  British  East  Africa. 

cT,  cT,  d\  cT,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 

"The  males  were  constantly  dancing.  Their  long  tails  retarded 
their  movements,  and  often  caused  them  to  turn  in  the  air,  facing 
the  wind,  in  spite  of  their  desire  to  go  in  some  other  direction.  The 
females  were  exceedingly  active,  and  far  outnumbered  the  males." 

204.  Drepanoplectes  jacksoni  Sharpe. 

Ibis,  1891,  p.  246.     Masailand,  British  East  Africa. 
d\  c?,  d\  d\  (5\  9  ,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 
d\  d\  cT,  d\  d\  c?,  9  ,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 
d\   9  ,  Dec.,  Lucania. 


MAY,  1909.     BIRDS  FROM  BRITISH  EAST  AFRICA  —  DEARBORN.      185 

The  males  in  this  series  represent  a  variety  of  conditions  of  plum- 
age, from  the  female  dress  to  that  of  the  adult  male. 

205.  Coliuspasser  laticaudus  (Licht.). 

Fringilla  laticauda  Lichtenstein,  Verzeichniss  der  Doublett.n  des 
Zoologischen  Museums  der  Universitat  zu  Berllin,  1823,  p.  24.  Nubia. 

cT,  d\  d\  cT,  d\  d\  Nov.,  Nairobi. 
d\  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 

206.  Coliuspasser  eques  (Hartl.). 

Vidua  eques  Hartlaub,  Proceedings  of  the  Zoological  Society, 
London,  1863,  p.  106,  pi.  15.  Unyamwezi  Country,  German  East 
Africa. 

d\  9  ,  9  ,  Nov.,  Tana  River. 

See  GRANT  amd  REID,  Ibis,  1901,  p.  614, —  seasonal  plumages. 

207.  Hyperanthus  capensis  xanthomelas  (Rupp.). 

Euplectes  xanthomelas  Ruppell,  Neue  Wirbelthiere  zur  der  Fauna 
von  Abyssinien,  Vogel,  1835,  P-  94-     Abyssinia. 
d\  d,  d4,  d\  (5\  9  ,  9  ,  9  ,  9  ,  9  ,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 
d\  d4,  c?,  Feb.,  Lake  Elmenteita. 
cT,  Nov.,  Tana  River. 
cJ1,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 

208.  Vidua  macroura   (Pall.). 

Fringilla  macroura  Palla,  Vroeg's  Catalogue,  1764,  p.  3. 
d\  cT,  c?,  Dec.,  Lucania. 
c?,  cf,  c?,  Apr.,  Voi. 

209.  Hyphantornis  spekei  Heuglin. 

Petermann,    Mitteilungen    aus    Justus    Perthes'    Geographischer 
Anstalt,  1 86 1,  p.  24.     Northern  Somaliland. 
d\  d*,  d*,  d1,  Oct.,  Nairobi. 
d\  Jan.,  Naivasha. 
d1,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

210.  Heterhyphantes  reichenowi   (Fisch.). 

Sycobrotus    reichenowi    Fischer,    Journal    fur    Ornithologie,    1884, 
pp.  180,181.     Lake  Naivasha,  British  East  Africa. 
d1,  d\  9  ,  ,  9  ,  9  ,  Nov.,  Tana  River. 
d\  d,  9  ,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 
d\  d*.  Jan.,  Kijabe. 
d,   ?  ,  March,  Molo. 
d,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 


i86     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  —  ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  i. 

No  seasonal  change  in  plumage  is  apparent  in  this  series.  A 
male  taken  in  March  is  still  in  immature  plumage,  with  crown  olive- 
green.  A  November  male  and  a  January  female  are  passing  from 
the  immature  phase  to  an  intermediate  condition,  having  the  crown 
nearly  black  and  the  back  with  black  predominating,  the  feathers 
being  margined  with  olive-green.  It  may  be  that  one  of  these  two 
latter  specimens  is  wrongly  sexed  and  that  both  are  females.  The 
absence  of  orange  on  the  forehead  suggests  this  view.  It  seems  prob- 
able that  fully  adult  plumage  is  not  attained  under  two  years  of  age. 

See  SHARPE,  Ibis,  1899,  p.  612,  —  plumages;  id.  Ibis,  1891, 
pp.  252,  253, —  description  of  immature  male. 


211.    Hyphantornis  cabanisi  Peters. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1868,  p.  133.  Inhambane,  Portuguese 
East  Africa. 

9  ,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

Through  the  kindness  of  the  authorities  at  the  U.  S.  National 
Museum  this  specimen  was  compared  with  one  from  Taveita,  taken 
in  April  (No.  118294,  U.  S.  N.  M.).  The  two  agree  in  dimensions. 
The  Athi  River  bird  is  grayer  on  the  interscapulum,  and  has  the 
yellow  of  the  under  parts  paler  and  less  extensive,  this  color  not 
reaching  the  lower  breast.  These  differences  may  be  due  to  imma- 
turity in  our  specimen . 


212.    Sitagra  ocularia  abayensis  Neumann. 

Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1905,  p.  339.  Lake  Abaya,  southern 
Abyssinia. 

d\  Sept.,  Mt.  Kenya. 

This  bird  has  been  compared  with  another  of  the  same  sex  from 
Taveita,*  British  East  Africa,  and  differs  from  it  in  being  generally 
darker.  The  Taveita  specimen  has  the  tail  decidedly  brown  above 
and  the  breast  and  sides  are  yellow,  while  this  from  Kenya  has  the 
tail  and  sides  olive-green,  the  yellow  of  the  under  parts  being  con- 
fined to  a  strip  down  the  middle  of  the  breast.  Now  the  differences 
here  indicated  are  in  accordance,  partially  at  least,  with  Neumann's 
diagnoses  of  his  new  subspecies  abayensis  and  suahelicus,  and  the 
former  name  seems  to  be  applicable  to  this  specimen,  while  the  latter 
will  probably  apply  to  the  one  from  Taveita. 

*  No.  118297  U.  S.  National  Museum. 


MAY,  1909.     BIRDS  FROM  BRITISH  EAST  AFRICA  —  DEARBORN.      187 

213.  Plocepasser  melanorhynchus  Riippell. 

Systematische  Uebersicht  der  Vogel  Nord-Ost-Afrika's,  1845, 
p.  78.  Shoa. 

9  ,  Oct.,  Tana  River. 

214.  Pyromelana  nigroventris   (Cass.). 

Euplectes   nigroventris   Cassin,    Proceedings    of   the   Academy   of 
Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia,  1848,  p.  66.     Zanzibar. 
c?,   9  ,  Apr.,  Voi. 
"Nests  in  communities  in  reeds." 

215.  Quelea  sanguinirostris  rcthiopica   (Sund.}. 

Ploceus  sanguinirostris  var.  cethiopica  Sundevall,  Oefversigt  af 
Kongliga  Vetenskaps  Academiens  Forhandlingar  (Stockholm)  1850, 
p.  126.  Senaar,  Egyptian  Sudan. 

9,9,  March,  Gilgil. 

9  ,  Dec.,  Lucania. 

These  specimens  agree  well  with  others  in  this  Museum  from 
Somaliland. 

216.  Hypargos  niveoguttatus   (Peters}. 

Spermophaga  niveoguttata  Peters,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1868, 
p.  133.  Inhambane,  Portuguese  East  Africa. 

d\  Apr.,  Voi.     . 

The  back  of  this  specimen,  which  is  apparently  an  adult,  is  near 
to  mummy  brown,  and  the  crown  and  nape  are  olive.  In  these  par- 
ticulars it  does  not  seem  to  quite  agree  with  Sharpe's  description 
in  Catalogue  of  Birds  in  British  Museum,  Vol.  XIII,  page  274,  wherein 
the  back  is  said  to  be  "warm  chocolate-brown;  crown,  dark  ashy." 

See  OBERHOLSER,  Proceedings  National  Museum,  Washington, 
1905,  p.  882, —  various  plumages. 

217.  Granatina  ianthinogaster  (Reich.}. 

Ur&ginthus  ianthinogaster  Reichenow,  Ornithologisches  Central- 
blatt,  IV.  (1879)  p.  114,  pi.  ii.  Masailand,  East  Africa. 

cT,  Dec.,  Lucania. 

9,  Feb.,  Gilgil. 

"Iris  of  male  red;  female,  orange." 

See  OBERHOLSER,  Proceedings  National  Museum,  Washington, 
1905,  p.  879, —  description  of  immature  plumage. 


i88     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  —  ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  I. 

218.  Coccopygia  kilimensis  Sharpe. 

Catalogue   of   the   Birds   in   the   British   Museum,    XIII.    (1890) 
p.  307.     Mt.  Kilimanjaro  district,  East  Africa. 
6\  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

219.  Lepidopygia  nigriceps  (Cass.). 

Spermestes   nigriceps    Cassin,    Proceedings    of    the    Academy    of 
Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia,   1852,  p.   185.     Zanzibar. 
d\   9  ,  May,  Nairobi. 

i  specimen  without  data. 

See   OBERHOLSER,   Proceedings   National  Museum,    Washington, 
1905,  pp.  882,  883, —  characters  of  Lepidopygia. 

220.  Estrilda  astrild  minor   (Cab.}. 

Habropyga  minor  Cabanis,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,  1878,  p.  229. 
Voi  River,  British  East  Africa. 

d\  d\  d\  d1,    c?,9,  Nov.,  Nairobi. 

221.  Estrilda  rhodopyga  Sundevall. 

Oefversigt   af    Kongliga   Vetenskaps   Academiens    Forhandlingar 
(Stockholm)  1850,  p.  126.  East  Africa. 

d\  d,  9  ,  Dec.,  Lucania. 


Family  Oriolidse. 

222.  Oriolus  oriolus  (Linn.). 

Coracias  oriolus  Linnaeus,  Systema  Naturae,  zoth  ed.  I.  (1758) 
p.  107. 

9  ,  Oct.,  Tana  River. 

223.  Oriolus  larvatus  rolleti   (Salvad.). 

Oriolus  rolleti  Salvadori,  Atti  della  Societa  Italiana,  Milan,  VII. 
(1864)  p.  161.  White  Nile. 

?,  d1,  d\9,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

9,9,9,  Nov.,  Athi  River. 

d\  9,  Apr.,  Voi. 

The  wing  of  the  largest  is  134  mm.  A  female  in  fresh  plumage  has 
the  wing  119  mm.  The  average  wing  measurement  of  the  males  is 
131  mm.,  and  of  the  females  is  122  mm. 


MAY,  1909.     BIRDS  FROM  BRITISH  EAST  AFRICA  —  DEARBORN.      189 

See  HARTERT,  Novitates  Zoologica,  1900,  p.  38, —  geographical 
variation;  NEUMANN,  Journal  fitr  Ornithologie,  1900,  p.  278, —  geo- 
graphical variation;  id.  ibid.,  1905,  pp.  234-236, —  subspecies,  char- 
acters and  distribution. 


Family  Dicruridae. 

224.    Dicrurus  adsimilis  divaricatus  (Licht.). 

Muscicapa  divaricata  Lichtenstein,  Verzeichniss  der  Doubletten, 
Zoologische  Museum,  Berlin,  1823,  p.  52.  Senegambia,  West  Africa. 

cT,  Oct.,  Tana  River. 

See  OBERHOLSER,  Proceedings  National  Museum,  Washington, 
1905,  pp.  918-920, —  characters  and  distribution  of  subspecies. 


Family  Sturiiiclse. 

225.  Lamprocolius  chalybaeus  sycobius   (Hartl.). 
Lamprocolius  sycobius  Hartlaub,  Journal  fur  Ornithologie,    1859, 

p.  19,  Mozamibque. 

d\  9  ,  Oct.,  d\  Nov.,  Nairobi. 

9 .,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 

d\  Jan.,  Kijabe. 

9  ,  Oct.,  Tana  River. 

?,  Apr.,  Voi. 

226.  Spreo  superbus  (Rupp.). 

Lamprotornis   superbus    Riippell,    Systematische    Uebersicht    der 
Vogel  Nord-Ost-Afrika's,  1845,  p.  65.     Shoa,  Abyssinia. 
9,   9,   $  im.,  9im.,  Dec.,  Lucania. 
tf,   9  ,  Jan.,  Naivasha. 

227.  Amydrus  morio  ruppellii   (Verreaux). 

Amydrus    ruppellii    Verreaux,    Chenu,    Encyclopedia    d'Histoire 
Naturelle,  V.  (1856)  p.  166.     Abyssinia. 

d\  d*,  d1  im.,  c?  im.,  cT  im.,  $  ,  9   im.,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 
d\  Dec.,  Lucania. 


igo     FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  —  ORNITHOLOGY,  VOL.  I. 


Family  Corvidae. 

228.  Corvultur  albicollis  (Lath.). 

Corvus  albicollis  Latham,  Index  Ornithologicus,  I.   (1790)  p.  151. 
Africa. 

?,   9,  9,  c?,  Jan.,  Kijabe. 


